Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle
Holding: (1) Plains Commerce Bank has Article III standing to pursue this challenge; and (2) the tribal court did not have jurisdiction to adjudicate a discrimination claim concerning the non-Indian bank’s sale of its free land.
Judgment: Reversed, 5-4, in an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts on June 25, 2008. Justices Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer joined the majority opinion as to Part II. Justice Ginsburg filed an opinion concurring in part, concurring in the judgment in part, and dissenting in part, in which Justices Stevens, Souter, and Breyer joined.
Briefs and Documents
Merits briefs
Amicus briefs
- Brief for the States of Idaho, Alaska, Florida, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for the American Bankers Association and the South Dakota Bankers Association in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for the Mountain States Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for the Association of American Railroads in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for Clearwater County, Idaho County, and Louis County, Idaho; Cass County, Mahnomen County, and Mille Lacs County, Minnesota in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Sacred Circle, and the National Resource Center to End Violence Against Native Women, et al., in Support of Respondent
- Brief for the National American Indian Court Judges Association, the Navajo Nation, and the Northwest Intertribal Court System in Support of Respondent
- Brief for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in Support of Respondent
- Brief for the United States in Support of Respondent
- Brief for the National Congress of American Indians, et al., in Support of Respondent
Certiorari filings
