| Idaho v. United States | ||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued April 23, 2001 Decided June 18, 2001 |
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| Full case name | Idaho v. United States | |||||
| Docket nos. | 00-189 | |||||
| Citations | 533 U.S. 262 (more) 121 S. Ct. 2135, 150 L. Ed. 2d 326, 69 USLW 4500, 31 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,725, 01 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4994, 2001 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6157, 14 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 382 |
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| Prior history | 95 F. Supp. 2d 1094 (D. Idaho 1998), aff'd, 210 F.3d 1067 (9th Cir. 2000), cert. granted, 531 U.S. 1050 (2000) | |||||
| Holding | ||||||
| The federal government holds title, in trust for the Coeur d'Alene tribe, to the lands underlying Lake Couer d'Alene and the St. Joe River | ||||||
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| Case opinions | ||||||
| Majority | Souter, joined by Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, and Breyer | |||||
| Dissent | Rehnquist, joined by Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas | |||||
| Laws applied | ||||||
| Equal footing doctrine | ||||||
Idaho v. United States, 533 U.S. 262 (2001),[1] was an important U.S. Supreme Court precedent regarding aboriginal title in the United States and the equal footing doctrine. The suit was a companion case to Idaho v. Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho (1997), where the court held that the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's suit against Idaho was barred by state sovereign immunity.[2] Such immunity does not apply in a suit by the federal government.