BUTTZ v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD

Citation

119 U.S. 55 (1886)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Stephen Field

Justices Participating

• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph Bradley | voted with the majority or plurality

• Morrison Waite | voted with the majority or plurality

• Samuel Blatchford | 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

• Stanley Matthews | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Woods | other

Categories

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

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
• 95 U.S. 517 (1877), BEECHER v. WETHERBY

Case Cited In

• 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
• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN
• 185 U.S. 373 (1901), MINNESOTA v. HITCHCOCK
• 203 U.S. 233 (1906), FRANCIS v. FRANCIS
• 225 U.S. 551 (1911), CLAIRMONT v. UNITED STATES
• 261 U.S. 219 (1922), CRAMER et al. v. UNITED STATES
• 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
• 414 U.S. 661 (1973), ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al.