Washington (CNN) The US Supreme Court on Monday sided with a Wyoming Native American tribe, ruling that a 19th-century treaty between the tribe and the state did not expire when Wyoming became a state. The court ruled in favor of Native American rights in an unusual split where conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch teamed up with the court's four liberals to form a 5-4 majority. It's the latest case where a justice broke with his fellow conservatives . Last week, President Donald Trump's other appointee, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, sided with the liberals in a 5-4 case against Apple, holding that a group of iPhone owners could bring a lawsuit accusing Apple of violating US antitrust rules. Cases such as Monday's treaty rights dispute often defy the usual ideological alignments.

Source: CNN May 20, 2019 18:58 UTC