South Dakota v. Bourland
1993 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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South Dakota v. Bourland, 508 U.S. 679 (1993), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that Congress specifically abrogated treaty rights with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe as to hunting and fishing rights on reservation lands that were acquired for a reservoir.[1]
Quick Facts South Dakota v. Bourland, Argued March 2, 1993 Decided June 14, 1993 ...
South Dakota v. Bourland | |
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Argued March 2, 1993 Decided June 14, 1993 | |
Full case name | South Dakota v. Gregg Bourland, etc., et al. |
Citations | 508 U.S. 679 (more) 113 S. Ct. 2309; 124 L. Ed. 2d 606; 1993 U.S. LEXIS 4034 |
Case history | |
Prior | South Dakota v. Bourland, 949 F.2d 984 (8th Cir. 1991). |
Holding | |
Reversed, held that Congress specifically abrogated treaty rights with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe as to hunting and fishing rights on reservation lands that were acquired for a reservoir. | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Thomas, joined by Rehnquist, White, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy |
Dissent | Blackmun, joined by Souter |
Laws applied | |
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 (15 Stat 635); Flood Control Act of 1944 (58 Stat 887); Cheyenne River Act of September 3, 1954 (68 Stat 1191) |
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