MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. ROBERTS

Citation

152 U.S. 114 (1893)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Stephen Field

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | voted with the majority or plurality

• George Shiras | voted with the majority or plurality

• Henry Brown | voted with the majority or plurality

• Howell Jackson | voted with the majority or plurality

• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality

• Melville Fuller | voted with the majority or plurality

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

Categories

• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• States/Authority of states
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 119 U.S. 55 (1886), BUTTZ v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
• 92 U.S. 733 (1875), LEAVENWORTH, LAWRENCE, AND GALVESTON RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
• 95 U.S. 517 (1877), BEECHER v. WETHERBY

Case Cited In

• 160 U.S. 394 (1895), SPALDING v. CHANDLER
• 185 U.S. 373 (1901), MINNESOTA v. HITCHCOCK
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK
• 270 U.S. 181 (1925), UNITED STATES v. MINNESOTA
• 311 U.S. 317 (1940), UNITED STATES v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. et al.
• 329 U.S. 40 (1946), UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.
• 362 U.S. 99 (1959), FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. TUSCARORA INDIAN NATION