United States Supreme Court decision United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
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United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians is a landmark 1980 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the federal government had unlawfully taken the Black Hills from the Sioux, awarding monetary compensation for the violation of their treaty rights.
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| United States Supreme Court decision United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: United States Supreme Court decision United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians Context triple: [Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, interpretedBy, United States Supreme Court decision United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians]
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South Dakota v. Dole
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Johnson v. M’Intosh
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United States v. Butler
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Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia
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Standing Bear v. Crook
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Target entity: United States Supreme Court decision United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians Target entity description: United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians is a landmark 1980 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the federal government had unlawfully taken the Black Hills from the Sioux, awarding monetary compensation for the violation of their treaty rights.
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A.
South Dakota v. Dole
South Dakota v. Dole is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power to condition federal highway funds on states adopting a minimum drinking age of 21, helping define the scope of the federal spending power.
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B.
Johnson v. M’Intosh
Johnson v. M’Intosh is an 1823 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the doctrine that private individuals could not purchase lands directly from Native Americans, affirming federal supremacy over Indian land transactions and shaping American property and Indigenous land rights law.
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C.
United States v. Butler
United States v. Butler was a 1936 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key provisions of the New Deal’s Agricultural Adjustment Act as an unconstitutional use of federal taxing and spending power.
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D.
Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia
The Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia (1793) was an early and controversial ruling that allowed a citizen of one state to sue another state in federal court, prompting the swift adoption of the Eleventh Amendment to limit such suits.
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E.
Standing Bear v. Crook
Standing Bear v. Crook was an 1879 U.S. federal court case in which Ponca chief Standing Bear successfully argued that Native Americans are "persons" under the law and entitled to habeas corpus rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court decision
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federal Indian law case ⓘ landmark case ⓘ takings clause case ⓘ |
| appliesConstitutionalProvision | Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesStatute | Indian Claims Commission Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concernsStateOrRegion |
South Dakota
NERFINISHED
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Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concernsTerritory | Black Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChiefJusticeAtDecision | Warren E. Burger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCitation | 448 U.S. 371 ⓘ |
| hasCountry | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | 1980-06-30 ⓘ |
| hasDissentBy |
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
NERFINISHED
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Justice Potter Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | 19th-century U.S. expansion into Sioux treaty lands ⓘ |
| hasIssue |
whether Congress’s actions constituted a taking requiring just compensation
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whether prior Court of Claims proceedings barred further recovery ⓘ |
| hasLegalSubject |
Fifth Amendment takings
NERFINISHED
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Native American treaty rights ⓘ federal trust responsibility ⓘ sovereign immunity ⓘ |
| hasLongTermEffect |
became a key precedent in later Native American land and compensation claims
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established a major trust fund for the Sioux Nation based on the compensation award ⓘ |
| hasMajorityOpinionBy | Justice Harry A. Blackmun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRemedyType | monetary damages rather than land restoration ⓘ |
| hasTreatyContext | Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUSReportsPage | 371 ⓘ |
| hasUSReportsVolume | 448 ⓘ |
| hasVote | 8–1 on key holdings ⓘ |
| hasYearDecided | 1980 ⓘ |
| held |
the United States had unlawfully taken the Black Hills from the Sioux Nation
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the federal government violated the treaty rights of the Sioux Nation ⓘ the taking of the Black Hills required just compensation under the Fifth Amendment ⓘ |
| involvesParty |
Sioux Nation of Indians
NERFINISHED
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesTribe |
Lakota Sioux
NERFINISHED
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Sioux Nation of Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCharacterizedAs | one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions on Native American land claims ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | English ⓘ |
| recognized |
that the Black Hills were taken without just compensation
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that the United States breached its treaty obligations to the Sioux Nation ⓘ |
| relatesToDoctrine |
just compensation
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res judicata ⓘ separation of powers in claims against the United States ⓘ |
| resultedIn | monetary compensation award to the Sioux Nation ⓘ |
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Subject: United States Supreme Court decision United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians Description of subject: United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians is a landmark 1980 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the federal government had unlawfully taken the Black Hills from the Sioux, awarding monetary compensation for the violation of their treaty rights.
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