KLAMATH AND MOADOC TRIBES OF INDIANS et al. v. UNITED STATES

Citation

296 U.S. 244 (1935)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Pierce Butler

Justices Participating

• Benjamin Cardozo | voted with the majority or plurality

• Charles Hughes | voted with the majority or plurality

• George Sutherland | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harlan Stone | voted with the majority or plurality

• James McReynolds | other

• Louis Brandeis | voted with the majority or plurality

• Owen Roberts | voted with the majority or plurality

• Pierce Butler | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Claims against the U.S.
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Jurisdiction (other)
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 229 U.S. 498 (1912), UNITED STATES v. MILLE LAC BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN
• 190 U.S. 368 (1902), BLACKFEATHER v. UNITED STATES
• 295 U.S. 103 (1934), UNITED STATES v. CREEK NATION
• 187 U.S. 294 (1902), CHEROKEE NATION v. HITCHCOCK
• 174 U.S. 373 (1898), PRICE v. UNITED STATES AND OSAGE INDIANS
• 224 U.S. 665 (1911), CHOATE v. TRAPP, SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF OKLAHOMA
• 119 U.S. 1 (1886), CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK
• 264 U.S. 446 (1923), UNITED STATES v. PAYNE

Case Cited In

• 304 U.S. 119 (1937), UNITED STATES v. KLAMATH AND MOADOC TRIBES OF INDIANS et al.
• 463 U.S. 206 (1982), UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al.
• 473 U.S. 753 (1984), OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE et al. v. KLAMATH INDIAN TRIBE
• 564 U.S. 162 (2010), UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. JICARILLA APACHE NATION