UNITED STATES v. SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS

Citation

304 U.S. 111 (1937)

Decision : 6-1

Majority Opinion: Pierce Butler

Justices Participating

• Benjamin Cardozo | other

• Charles Hughes | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harlan Stone | other

• Hugo Black | voted with the majority or plurality

• 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 | dissent

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Claims against the U.S.
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN
• 95 U.S. 517 (1877), BEECHER v. WETHERBY
• 84 U.S. 211 (1872), HOLDEN v. JOY
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 299 U.S. 159 (1936), BRITISH-AMERICAN OIL PRODUCING CO. v. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF MONTANA et al.
• 299 U.S. 476 (1936), SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 86 U.S. 591 (1873), UNITED STATES v. COOK
• 30 U.S. 1 (1831), THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 227 U.S. 613 (1912), STARR v. LONG JIM
• 92 U.S. 733 (1875), LEAVENWORTH, LAWRENCE, AND GALVESTON RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Case Cited In

• 305 U.S. 415 (1938), UNITED STATES v. ALGOMA LUMBER CO.
• 314 U.S. 339 (1941), UNITED STATES, AS GUARDIAN OF THE HUALPAI INDIANS OF ARIZONA, v. SANTA FE PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
• 316 U.S. 317 (1941), SIOUX TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 318 U.S. 423 (1942), CHOCTAW NATION OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 324 U.S. 335 (1944), NORTHWESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 337 U.S. 86 (1948), HYNES, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, v. GRIMES PACKING CO. ET AL.
• 348 U.S. 272 (1954), TEE-HIT-TON INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 390 U.S. 468 (1967), PEORIA TRIBE OF INDIANS OF OKLAHOMA et al. v. UNITED STATES
• 409 U.S. 80 (1972), UNITED STATES v. JIM et al.
• 414 U.S. 661 (1973), ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al.
• 448 U.S. 136 (1979), WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE et al. v. BRACKER et al.
• 448 U.S. 371 (1979), UNITED STATES v. SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS et al.
• 463 U.S. 206 (1982), UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al.
• 470 U.S. 39 (1984), UNITED STATES v. DANN et al.