BEECHER v. WETHERBY

Citation

95 U.S. 517 (1877)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Stephen Field

Justices Participating

• 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 | voted with the majority or plurality

• Samuel Miller | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stephen Field | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Ward Hunt | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Strong | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Doctrine of Discovery
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 21 U.S. 543 (1823), JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH
• 38 U.S. 195 (1839), MERIWETHER L. CLARK, EXECUTOR, AND WILLIAM P. CLARK, GEORGE R. H. CLARK, AND JEFFERSON KENNERLY CLARK, AN INFANT UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND NEXT FRIEND, THE SAID GEORGE R. H. CLARK, HEIRS AT LAW OF WILLIAM
• 86 U.S. 591 (1873), UNITED STATES v. COOK

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• 151 U.S. 577 (1893), UNITED STATES v. THOMAS
• 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
• 179 U.S. 494 (1900), UNITED STATES v. CHOCTAW NATION AND CHICKASAW NATION
• 185 U.S. 373 (1901), MINNESOTA v. HITCHCOCK
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK
• 242 U.S. 434 (1916), WILLIAMS, CHIEF, et al. v. CITY OF CHICAGO et al.
• 245 U.S. 427 (1917), STATE OF WISCONSIN v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
• 253 U.S. 442 (1919), NADEAU et al. v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
• 261 U.S. 219 (1922), CRAMER et al. v. UNITED STATES
• 304 U.S. 111 (1937), UNITED STATES v. SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 311 U.S. 317 (1940), UNITED STATES v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. et al.
• 314 U.S. 339 (1941), UNITED STATES, AS GUARDIAN OF THE HUALPAI INDIANS OF ARIZONA, v. SANTA FE PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
• 324 U.S. 335 (1944), NORTHWESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 329 U.S. 40 (1946), UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.
• 348 U.S. 272 (1954), TEE-HIT-TON INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 362 U.S. 99 (1959), FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. TUSCARORA INDIAN NATION
• 414 U.S. 661 (1973), ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al.