Solem v. Bartlett

How courts have described this case

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• holding that because the defendant, who was an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, committed a crime on reservation grounds, the state did not have criminal jurisdiction over him
• holding that because the defendant, who was an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, committed a crime on reservation grounds, the state did not have criminal jurisdiction over him
• holding that state may prosecute non-Indian for murder of non-Indian on Red Lake reservation
• stating that “explicit language of cession and unconditional compensation are not prerequisites for a finding of diminishment”
• noting that “sell and dispose” language was not evidence of diminishment, while “cede, sell, relinquish and convey” constitutes such evidence
• noting that reference to the public domain in a statute was supportive of diminishment, but not dispositive

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).