Solem v. Bartlett

Solem v. Bartlett
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 6, 1983
Decided February 22, 1984
Full case nameSolem v. Bartlett
Citations465 U.S. 463 (more)
104 S. Ct. 1161, 79 L. Ed. 2d 443, 1984 U.S. LEXIS 34
ArgumentOral argument
Case history
Prior691 F.2d 420 (8th Cir. 1982); cert. granted, 461 U.S. 956 (1983).
SubsequentRehearing denied, 466 U.S. 948 (1984).
Holding
Surplus Land Acts do not diminish reservations unless the act and its legislative history provide sufficient evidence of the intent to diminish.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinion
MajorityMarshall, joined unanimously

Solem v. Bartlett, 465 U.S. 463 (1984), was a United States Supreme Court case involving Indian country jurisdiction in the United States that decided that opening up reservation lands for settlement by non-Indians does not constitute the intent to diminish reservation boundaries. Therefore, reservation boundaries would not be diminished unless specifically determined through acts of Congress.[1][2]

  1. ^ Solem v. Bartlett, 465 U.S. 463 (1984).
  2. ^ "Law School Case Brief Solem v. Bartlett - 465 U.S. 463, 104 S. Ct. 1161 (1984)". LexisNexis. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.