28 U.S.C. § 1362
Section 1362 · Indian tribes
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 263 court decisions — leading case United States v. Nordic Village, Inc. (1992)
Most recently applied in Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe v. Erica Madore (February 2025)
Applied most in the Ninth Circuit Circuit (58 decisions)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1341 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions, brought by any Indian tribe or band with a governing body duly recognized by the Secretary of the Interior, wherein the matter in controversy arises under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States.