| United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation | ||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued April 20, 2011 Decided June 13, 2011 |
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| Full case name | United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation | |||||
| Docket nos. | 10-382 | |||||
| Prior history | Defendent ordered to produce documents sub nom. Jicarilla Apache Nation v. United States, 88 Fed.Cl. 1 (2009); petitions for a writ of mandamus denied sub nom. In re United States, 590 F.3d 1305 (Fed. Cir. 2009); certiorari granted, 562 U. S. ___ (2011) | |||||
| Argument | Oral argument | |||||
| Holding | ||||||
| The fiduciary exception to attorney-client privilege does not apply to the general trust relationship between the United States and Indian tribes. | ||||||
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| Case opinions | ||||||
| Majority | Alito, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas | |||||
| Concurrence | Ginsburg, joined by Breyer | |||||
| Dissent | Sotomayor | |||||
| Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | ||||||
United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation, No. 10-382 (2011), was a recent case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the fiduciary exception to attorney-client privilege does not apply to the general trust relationship between the United States and Indian tribes.[1]