⚖️ Herrera v. Wyoming
Monday, May 20, 2019
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Wyoming's statehood did not void the Crow Tribe's right to hunt on "unoccupied lands of the United States" under an 1868 treaty, and that the Bighorn National Forest did not automatically become "occupied" when the forest was created. Decided May 20, 2019 (argued January 8, 2019). Opinion of the Court: Sonia Sotomayor → go there Dissenting: Alito. Topic: Native American law. Herrera v. Wyoming, 587 U.S. 329 (2019), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that Wyoming's statehood did not void the Crow Tribe's right to hunt on "unoccupied lands of the United States" under an 1868 treaty, and that the Bighorn National Forest did not automatically become "occupied" when the forest was created. Wiki link
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