Despite the fact that in the last twenty nine years, the Supreme Court has ruled against tribal interests in 72% of the fifty-five cases it heard that dealt with this matter, the current Court is beginning to come back to the ideology of Marshall in Worcester, ruling in favor of tribal interests. Through recent rulings in cases involving treaties where land disputes arose between tribes and the United States government, there is growing precedent being established for a renewed increase in tribal authority over nonmember disputes in civil courts.

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