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It shapes the balance between state power and tribal sovereignty."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 23-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 23-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 37, lines 15-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 37, lines 15-23"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 68, lines 15-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 68, lines 15-27"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 27-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 27-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 7-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 7-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 21-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 21-39"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 11-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 11-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 41-45","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 41-45"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 9-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 9-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 29-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 29-35"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 45-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 45-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 7-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 7-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 70, lines 29-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 70, lines 29-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 41-41","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 41-41"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 43-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 43-47"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 7-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 7-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 19-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 19-31"}]}],"slug":"2018-17-532-herrera-v-wyoming","term":"2018","title":"Can a state ban hunting on land a tribe reserved for that purpose?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 23-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 23-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 37, lines 15-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 37, lines 15-23"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 68, lines 15-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/17-532_32q3.pdf","page_label":"file page 68, lines 15-27"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}