UNITED STATES, AS GUARDIAN OF THE HUALPAI INDIANS OF ARIZONA, v. SANTA FE PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.

Citation

314 U.S. 339 (1941)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: William Douglas

Justices Participating

• Felix Frankfurter | voted with the majority or plurality

• Francis Murphy | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harlan Stone | voted with the majority or plurality

• Hugo Black | voted with the majority or plurality

• James Byrnes | voted with the majority or plurality

• Owen Roberts | voted with the majority or plurality

• Robert Jackson | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stanley Reed | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Douglas | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indian Country
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• International law
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 181 U.S. 481 (1900), BARKER v. HARVEY
• 265 U.S. 472 (1923), UNITED STATES v. TITLE INSURANCE & TRUST COMPANY et al.
• 34 U.S. 711 (1835), COLIN MITCHEL, ROBERT MITCHEL, IN HIS OWN RIGHT, AND AS ASSIGNEE OF THE ESTATE AND EFFECTS OF THE MERCANTILE HOUSE HERETOFORE TRADING UNDER THE FIRM OF CARNOCHAN AND MITCHEL, AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE CREDITORS OF SAID FIRM, AND ALSO OF RICHARD CA
• 165 U.S. 413 (1896), ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. MINGUS
• 84 U.S. 211 (1872), HOLDEN v. JOY
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 92 U.S. 733 (1875), LEAVENWORTH, LAWRENCE, AND GALVESTON RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
• 21 U.S. 543 (1823), JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH
• 95 U.S. 517 (1877), BEECHER v. WETHERBY
• 304 U.S. 111 (1937), UNITED STATES v. SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 224 U.S. 665 (1911), CHOATE v. TRAPP, SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF OKLAHOMA
• 119 U.S. 55 (1886), BUTTZ v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
• 55 U.S. 513 (1852), SAMUEL MARSH, WILLIAM E. LEE, AND EDWARD C. DELAVAN, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. EDWARD BROOKS, AND VIRGINIA C. HIS WIFE, CHARLES P. BILLON, AND FRANCIS E. HIS WIFE, WALTER G. REDDICK, AND DABNEY C. REDDICK
• 160 U.S. 394 (1895), SPALDING v. CHANDLER
• 261 U.S. 219 (1922), CRAMER et al. v. UNITED STATES
• 299 U.S. 476 (1936), SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 185 U.S. 373 (1901), MINNESOTA v. HITCHCOCK
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS
• 57 U.S. 203 (1853), HENRY CHOUTEAU, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. PATRICK MOLONY

Case Cited In

• 324 U.S. 335 (1944), NORTHWESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 329 U.S. 40 (1946), UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.
• 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
• 414 U.S. 661 (1973), ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al.
• 439 U.S. 463 (1978), WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED BANDS AND TRIBES OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION
• 470 U.S. 39 (1984), UNITED STATES v. DANN et al.
• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.
• 472 U.S. 237 (1984), MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ANA
• 476 U.S. 498 (1985), SOUTH CAROLINA et al. v. CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE, INC.
• 476 U.S. 734 (1985), UNITED STATES v. DION
• 510 U.S. 399 (1993), ROBERT HAGEN v. UTAH