Solem v. Bartlett
United States Supreme Court
465 U.S. 463 (1984)
Relevant factsFree
Bartlett (defendant), convicted of a South Dakota state crime allegedly committed on Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation land, challenged the state's jurisdiction via federal habeas petition, while South Dakota argued a 1908 act opening surplus reservation land to non-Indian settlers had shrunk the reservation's boundaries such that the crime occurred outside it.
IssueFree
Whether Congress can pass acts that diminish the boundaries of Indian reservations.