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Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe 435 U.S. 191 (1978) is a United States Supreme Court case regarding the criminal jurisdiction of Tribal courts over non-Indians. The case was decided on March 6 1978 with a 6-2 majority. The court opinion was written by William Rehnquist; a dissenting opinion was written by Thurgood Marshall who was joined by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. Judge William J. Brennan abstained.