Antoine v. Washington

Antoine v. Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 16, 1974 Decided February 19, 1975
Full case name	Alexander J. Antoine, et ux. v. State of Washington
Citations	420 U.S. 194 (more) 95 S. Ct. 944; 43 L. Ed. 2d 129
Argument	Oral argument
Case history
Prior	State v. Antoine, 511 P.2d 1351 (Wash. 1973)
Holding
1. Treaties and laws must not be construed to the prejudice of Native Americans (Indians). 2. The Supremacy Clause precludes the application of state game laws to the tribe. 3. Congress showed no intent to subject the tribe to state jurisdiction for hunting. 4. While the state can regulate non-Indians in the ceded area, Indians must be exempted from such regulations.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority	Brennan, joined by Burger, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell
Concurrence	Douglas
Dissent	Rehnquist, joined by Stewart
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. VI, § 2

Antoine v. Washington, 420 U.S. 194 (1975), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that treaties and laws must be construed in favor of Native Americans (Indians); that the Supremacy Clause precludes the application of state game laws to the tribe; that Congress showed no intent to subject the tribe to state jurisdiction for hunting; and while the state can regulate non-Indians in the ceded area, Indians must be exempted from such regulations.