End date 1997 | ||
Full case name Idaho, et al., Petitioners v. Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho, etc., et al. Citations 521 U.S. 261 (more)
117 S. Ct. 2028, 138 L. Ed. 2d 438, 65 USLW 4540, 27 Envtl. L. Rep. 21,227, 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4776, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 7871, 97 CJ C.A.R. 1000, 11 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 90 Prior history 798 F. Supp. 1443 (D. Idaho 1992), aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 42 F.3d 1244 (9th Cir. 1994), cert. granted, 517 U.S. 1132 (1996), and cert. denied, 517 U.S. 1133 (1996) Subsequent history On remand, 118 F.3d 1399 (9th Cir. 1997) Majority Kennedy (parts I, II-A, III), joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Thomas Concurrence Kennedy (parts II-B, II-C, and II-D), joined by Rehnquist People also search for New York ex rel. Cutler v. Dibble | ||
Idaho v. Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho, 521 U.S. 261 (1997), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Coeur d'Alene Tribe could not maintain an action against the state of Idaho to press its claim to Lake Coeur d'Alene due to the state's Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit, notwithstanding the exception recognized in Ex parte Young. The case was an important precedent for aboriginal title in the United States and sovereign immunity in the United States.
After the district court's decision dismissing the suit, the federal government—in its guardian capacity—brought a substantially similar suit against Idaho; in 2001, in another 5-4 decision, the Court ruled for the federal government: Idaho v. United States (2001).