Supreme Court· 3/22/2016

Nebraska v. Parker

Citations

577 U.S. 481
136 S. Ct. 1072
194 L. Ed. 2d 152
2016 U.S. LEXIS 2132
84 U.S.L.W. 4154
26 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 34

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holding Pender, Nebraska, to be within Indian country despite tribe's absence from the disputed territory for more than 120 years
explaining it is not the “role” of courts to “rewrite” earlier statutes “in light of ... subsequent demographic history” (quotations omitted)
finding no intent to diminish where Tribe did not “receiv[e] a fixed sum for all of the disputed lands” because “the Tribe’s profits were entirely dependent upon how many nonmembers purchased the appraised tracts of land”
finding no intent to diminish where Tribe did not “receiv[e] a fixed sum for all of the disputed lands” because “the Tribe’s profits were entirely dependent upon how many nonmembers purchased the appraised tracts of land”
finding no intent to - 96 - diminish where Tribe did not “receiv[e] a fixed sum for all of the disputed lands” because “the Tribe’s profits were entirely dependent upon how many nonmembers purchased the appraised tracts of land”
“Such schemes allow non-Indian settlers to own land on the reservation. But in doing so, they do not diminish the reservation’s boundaries.” (citation and quotations omitted)

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Judges: Thomas

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