SIOUX TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES

Citation

316 U.S. 317 (1941)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: James Byrnes

Justices Participating

• Felix Frankfurter | voted with the majority or plurality

• Francis Murphy | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harlan Stone | other

• Hugo Black | voted with the majority or plurality

• James Byrnes | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• 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

Categories

• Claims against the U.S.
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 304 U.S. 119 (1937), UNITED STATES v. KLAMATH AND MOADOC TRIBES OF INDIANS et al.
• 160 U.S. 394 (1895), SPALDING v. CHANDLER
• 299 U.S. 476 (1936), SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 304 U.S. 111 (1937), UNITED STATES v. SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 140 U.S. 575 (1890), in re WILSON, PETITIONER

Case Cited In

• 329 U.S. 40 (1946), UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.
• 330 U.S. 169 (1946), CONFEDERATED BANDS OF UTE 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
• 409 U.S. 80 (1972), UNITED STATES v. JIM et al.
• 455 U.S. 130 (1981), MERRION et al., DBA MERRION & BAYLESS, et al. v. JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE et al.
• 510 U.S. 399 (1993), ROBERT HAGEN v. UTAH