Langley v. Ryder’s Empirical Analysis
778 F.2d 1092 · 1985
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently May 2010
11 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1151 (Indian Crimes Act of 1976) · 18 U.S.C. § 1153 · 25 U.S.C. § 465 · 25 U.S.C. § 467
Relies on United States v. Mazurie · Williams v. Lee · Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe · Fisher v. District Court of Sixteenth Judicial District of Montana in and for County of Rosebud Adoption of Firecrow · United States v. John
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Once land is determined to be Indian country, state criminal jurisdiction is preempted by both federal protection of tribal self-government and federal statutes on subjects relating to Indians, tribes, their property and federal programs [citation omitted]. Federal protection of tribal self-government precludes criminal jurisdiction of state courts over Indians on their property absent the consent of Congress. [Citation omitted.] In order for a state to exercise criminal jurisdiction within Indian country there must be clear and unequivocal grant of that authority.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Flint“whether lands are merely held in trust for the Indians or whether the lands have been officially proclaimed a reservation, the lands are clearly Indian country”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“lands held in trust by the United States for the Tribes are Indian Country within the meaning of § 1151(a)”
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.