"Judge [Betty] Fletcher’s track record in Indian cases was simply amazing. Lots of well-known cases below:
Crow Tribe v State of Montana 1981
Cultee v US 1983
Puyallup Indian Tribe v Port of Tacoma 1983
White Mountain Apache v Williams (dissent) 1984
US v Adair 1984
Blackfeet Tribe v Montana 1984
National Farmers Union v Crow Tribe 1984
Andersen v BIA 1985
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe v Cal State Board of Equalization 1986
US ex rel Chunie v Ringrose 1986
Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck v Board of Oil & Gas Conservation of Montana 1986
Yakima Indian Nation v Whiteside (Brendale) 1987
Sanders v Robinson 1988
McClendon v US 1989
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe v US 1990
US v Orr Water Ditch Co 1990
Gila River Indian Community v Waddell 1992
LaPier v McCormick 1993
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v Yavapai County 1995
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v Arizona 1995
Nevada v Hicks 1999
Owens Valley Indian Housing Authority v Turner 1999
US v Webb 2000
AT&T Corp. v Coeur d’Alene Tribe 2002
Native Village of Quinhagak v US 2002
US v Errol D Jr 2002
Boozer v Wilder 2004
US v Smith 2004"
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