Bryan v. Itasca County

Holding that a state could not impose a tax on reservation Indians absent congressional intent and that § 1360 did not confer the power to tax

Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico

Holding that the state's regulation of oil-well spacing and integrity meant that federal regulation, while extensive, was not exclusive

S.R.A., Inc. v. Minnesota

Finding that a private entity which obtained ownership of the beneficial interest in property pursuant to an executory contract was not exempt from state property taxes simply because the United States retained legal title of the property in question

Humble Pipe Line Co. v. Waggonner

Holding that the federal government did not lose the exclusive jurisdiction it acquired in 1930 over a federal enclave via cession by the state of Louisiana, when United States "leased [to a private company] the right to exploit parts of the reservation for oil and gas and for an oil pipe-line"

Collins v. Yosemite Park Co.

In Collins, we held that the Twenty-first Amendment did not give the States the power to regulate the use of alcohol within a national park over which the Federal Government had exclusive jurisdiction.

City of Roseville v. Norton

Holding agency satisfied 40 C.F.R. § 1506.5-(b) where record showed contractor worked with agency employees on EA and included "extensive copies of email communications between the agency staff discussing their comments on, and edits of, the EA"

Volk v. United States

Affirming conviction under 36 C.F.R. § 4.23 and 36 C.F.R. § 4.23 where results of nystagmus tests were not offered at trial but other field sobriety tests were administered and trial court held "that the evidence of the [breathalyzer] test results combined with Officer West's observations demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that he had committed the offenses"

Gila River Indian Community v. Henningson, Durham & Richardson

Holding that state contract law governs breach of contract action between private citizen and Indian tribe

Fort Leavenworth R.R. Co. v. Lowe

Finding the federal government had jurisdiction over Fort Leavenworth despite not purchasing the underlying land

Standard Oil Co. v. California

Holding "it seems plain that by the act of 1897 California surrendered every possible claim of right to exercise legislative authority within the Presidio — put that area beyond the field of operation of her laws."

Section 1391 - Venue generally

Finding that venue lies where a "substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim" occurred

Section 1360 - State civil jurisdiction in actions to which Indians are parties

Granting broad civil and criminal jurisdiction to California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, and Wisconsin

Section 1442 - Strict interpretation of condition involving forfeiture

Section 113 - Consent to retrocession of jurisdiction of lands by United States