United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation

United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation, 564 U.S. 162 (2011), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court 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]

United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 20, 2011 Decided June 13, 2011
Full case name	United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation
Docket no.	10-382
Citations	564 U.S. 162 (more) 131 S. Ct. 2313; 180 L. Ed. 2d 187
Argument	Oral argument
Case history
Prior	Defendant 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); cert. granted, 562 U.S. 1128 (2011).
Holding
The fiduciary exception to attorney–client privilege does not apply to the general trust relationship between the United States and Indian tribes.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
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.

References

1. United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation United States Supreme Court, Syllabus p. 2, "Held: The fiduciary exception to the attorney-client privilege does not apply to the general trust relationship between the United States and the Indian tribes."

External links

• Text of United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation, 564 U.S. 162 (2011) is available from:  Justia  Oyez (oral argument audio)  Supreme Court (slip opinion)