United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians

United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 24, 1980 Decided June 30, 1980
Full case name	United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, et al.
Citations	448 U.S. 371 (more) 100 S. Ct. 2716; 65 L. Ed. 2d 844; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 147
Case history
Prior	Sioux Nation of Indians, et al. v. United States, 601 F.2d 1157 (Ct. Cl. 1979).
Holding
1) The enactment by Congress of a law allowing the Sioux Nation to pursue a claim against the United States that had been previously adjudicated did not violate the doctrine of separation of powers, and 2) the taking of property that was set aside for the use of the tribe required just compensation, including interest.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Majority	Blackmun, joined by Burger, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Powell, Stevens; White (parts III, V only)
Concurrence	White
Dissent	Rehnquist
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. V; 15 Stat. 635

United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, 448 U.S. 371 (1980), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that: 1) the enactment by Congress of a law allowing the Sioux Nation to pursue a claim against the United States that had been previously adjudicated did not violate the doctrine of separation of powers; and 2) the taking of property that was set aside for the use of the tribe required just compensation, including interest. The Sioux have not accepted the compensation awarded to them by this case, valued at over $1 billion as of 2018.