NEW YORK INDIANS v. UNITED STATES

Citation

170 U.S. 1 (1897)

Decision : 6-3

Majority Opinion: Henry Brown

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | dissent

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• George Shiras | voted with the majority or plurality

• Henry Brown | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | dissent

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality

• Melville Fuller | dissent

• Rufus Peckham | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Claims against the U.S.
• Indian Country
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 60 U.S. 366 (1856), JOSEPH FELLOWS, SURVIVOR OF ROBERT KENDLE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. SUSAN BLACKSMITH AND ELY S. PARKER, ADMINISTRATORS OF JOHN BLACKSMITH, DECEASED
• 92 U.S. 733 (1875), LEAVENWORTH, LAWRENCE, AND GALVESTON RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
• 51 U.S. 442 (1850), THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JEHIEL BROOKS AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS

Case Cited In

• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN
• 220 U.S. 481 (1910), SAC AND FOX INDIANS OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN IOWA v. SAC AND FOX INDIANS OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN OKLAHOMA, AND THE UNITED STATES
• 245 U.S. 427 (1917), STATE OF WISCONSIN v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.
• 544 U.S. 197 (2004), CITY OF SHERRILL, NEW YORK v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK, et al.