Here you go. None of them were very close, but none were huge blow-outs, either.
Quarterfinal #1
(1) Worcester v. Georgia defeats (9) Menominee Tribe v. United States — 79 to 21 percent
Worcester, the king of the olden era of federal Indian law, continues its domination. Long live Menominee Tribe, which goes down, but still stands (in my mind) for the proposition that Indian tribes are timeless entities that cannot be destroyed merely through enactments of pieces of paper.
(20) Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache defeats (12) Morton v. Mancari — 63 to 37 percent
Practical sovereignty continues strongly, defeating Mancari‘s Indian preference in BIA employment, which somehow has morphed into a much bigger thing. An important thing, whatever it is.
(6) Winters v. United States defeats (3) Ex parte Crow Dog — 64 to 36 percent
Water rights (and really the last true treaty rights case, although I suppose you can make an argument for Worcester) beats out Crow Dog‘s limitation on federal power absent Congressional intervention (although some have made the case for Crow Dog as a treaty case, too).
(7) Williams v. Lee defeats (15) United States v. Wheeler — 75 to 25 percent
Williams, the standard-bearer for modern sovereignty, beats out Wheeler, a much more recent statement of tribal sovereignty. Dare I say it — the next round is anti-climatic, and we’re just waiting for a Worcester-Williams showdown next week?
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