McGirt v. Oklahoma’s Empirical Analysis
591 U.S. 894 · 2020
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 63 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1151 (Indian Crimes Act of 1976) · 18 U.S.C. § 1152 · 18 U.S.C. § 1153 · 18 U.S.C. § 1162 · 18 U.S.C. § 3243 · 20 U.S.C. § 1411 · 20 U.S.C. § 1443 · 23 U.S.C. § 120
Relies on Coleman v. Thompson · Michigan v. Long · Montana v. United States · McClanahan v. State Tax Commission of Arizona · White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker
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 110 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To determine whether a tribe continues to hold a reservation, there is only one place we may look: the Acts of Congress.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. STATE v. LAWHORN · STATE v. BRESTER“[e]xplicit reference to cession or other language evidencing the present and total surrender of all tribal interests.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. BUCK v. STATE · STATE v. BRESTER“this Court [will not] lightly infer such a breach once Congress has established a reservation.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. STATE v. LAWHORN · STATE v. BRESTER
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.