Upper Skagit Tribe v. Lundgren’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 25 U.S.C. § 349 · 25 U.S.C. § 5108 · 28 U.S.C. § 1605 (§ 4 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976)
Relies on Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez · Ohio v. Robinette · United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · New York v. United States · United States v. Wheeler
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Determining the limits on the sovereign immunity held by Indians is a grave question; the answer will affect all tribes, not just the one before us.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.