NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Citation

227 U.S. 355 (1912)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Joseph McKenna

Justices Participating

• Charles Hughes | voted with the majority or plurality

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Horace Lurton | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Joseph Lamar | voted with the majority or plurality

• Mahlon Pitney | voted with the majority or plurality

• Oliver Holmes | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Day | voted with the majority or plurality

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Indian Country
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN
• 198 U.S. 371 (1904), UNITED STATES v. WINANS
• 206 U.S. 185 (1906), STEWART v. UNITED STATES AND THE OSAGE NATION
• 119 U.S. 1 (1886), CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 185 U.S. 373 (1901), MINNESOTA v. HITCHCOCK
• 92 U.S. 733 (1875), LEAVENWORTH, LAWRENCE, AND GALVESTON RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Case Cited In

• 239 U.S. 62 (1915), LA ROQUE v. UNITED STATES
• 261 U.S. 219 (1922), CRAMER et al. v. UNITED STATES
• 270 U.S. 181 (1925), UNITED STATES v. MINNESOTA
• 276 U.S. 58 (1927), MARLIN v. LEWALLEN et al.
• 324 U.S. 335 (1944), NORTHWESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES