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

Citation

304 U.S. 119 (1937)

Decision : 6-0

Majority Opinion: Pierce Butler

Justices Participating

• Benjamin Cardozo | other

• Charles Hughes | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harlan Stone | other

• Hugo Black | concurrence

• James McReynolds | voted with the majority or plurality

• 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

• Stanley Reed | other

Categories

• Claims against the U.S.
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• Plenary Power
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 301 U.S. 358 (1936), CHIPPEWA INDIANS OF MINNESOTA v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 296 U.S. 244 (1935), KLAMATH AND MOADOC TRIBES OF INDIANS et al. v. UNITED STATES

Case Cited In

• 305 U.S. 415 (1938), UNITED STATES v. ALGOMA LUMBER CO.
• 316 U.S. 317 (1941), SIOUX TRIBE OF 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
• 409 U.S. 80 (1972), UNITED STATES v. JIM et al.
• 448 U.S. 371 (1979), UNITED STATES v. SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS et al.
• 473 U.S. 753 (1984), OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE et al. v. KLAMATH INDIAN TRIBE