LEAVENWORTH, LAWRENCE, AND GALVESTON RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Citation

92 U.S. 733 (1875)

Decision : 6-3

Majority Opinion: David Davis

Justices Participating

• David Davis | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Joseph Bradley | voted with the majority or plurality

• Morrison Waite | voted with the majority or plurality

• Nathan Clifford | voted with the majority or plurality

• Noah Swayne | dissent

• Samuel Miller | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stephen Field | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Ward Hunt | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Strong | dissent

Categories

• Doctrine of Discovery
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 86 U.S. 591 (1873), UNITED STATES v. COOK
• 30 U.S. 1 (1831), THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA

Case Cited In

• 92 U.S. 760n (1875), MISSOURI, KANSAS, AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
• 109 U.S. 329 (1883), DUBUQUE AND SIOUX CITY RAILROAD CO. v. DES MOINES VALLEY RAILROAD CO
• 152 U.S. 114 (1893), MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. ROBERTS
• 165 U.S. 413 (1896), ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. MINGUS
• 170 U.S. 1 (1897), NEW YORK INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 185 U.S. 373 (1901), MINNESOTA v. HITCHCOCK
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK
• 227 U.S. 355 (1912), NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
• 270 U.S. 181 (1925), UNITED STATES v. MINNESOTA
• 304 U.S. 111 (1937), UNITED STATES v. SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 314 U.S. 339 (1941), UNITED STATES, AS GUARDIAN OF THE HUALPAI INDIANS OF ARIZONA, v. SANTA FE PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
• 476 U.S. 734 (1985), UNITED STATES v. DION