UNITED STATES v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. et al.

Citation

311 U.S. 317 (1940)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Owen Roberts

Justices Participating

• Charles Hughes | voted with the majority or plurality

• Felix Frankfurter | voted with the majority or plurality

• Francis Murphy | other

• Harlan Stone | voted with the majority or plurality

• Hugo Black | voted with the majority or plurality

• James McReynolds | voted with the majority or plurality

• Owen Roberts | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Stanley Reed | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Douglas | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Indian Country
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 225 U.S. 551 (1911), CLAIRMONT v. UNITED STATES
• 152 U.S. 114 (1893), MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. ROBERTS
• 95 U.S. 517 (1877), BEECHER v. WETHERBY
• 119 U.S. 55 (1886), BUTTZ v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD