SEMINOLE NATION v. UNITED STATES

Citation

316 U.S. 286 (1941)

Decision : 7-1

Majority Opinion: Francis Murphy

Justices Participating

• Felix Frankfurter | voted with the majority or plurality

• Francis Murphy | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• 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 | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Stanley Reed | other

• William Douglas | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Claims against the U.S.
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 315 U.S. 681 (1941), TULEE v. STATE OF WASHINGTON
• 295 U.S. 103 (1934), UNITED STATES v. CREEK NATION
• 232 U.S. 442 (1913), UNITED STATES v. PELICAN
• 30 U.S. 1 (1831), THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 119 U.S. 1 (1886), CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS
• 299 U.S. 417 (1936), UNITED STATES v. THE SEMINOLE NATION

Case Cited In

• 318 U.S. 629 (1942), CREEK NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 319 U.S. 474 (1942), COUNTY OF MAHNOMEN v. UNITED STATES
• 412 U.S. 391 (1972), UNITED STATES v. MASON, ADMINISTRATOR, et al.
• 415 U.S. 199 (1973), MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR v. RUIZ ET UX.
• 420 U.S. 194 (1974), ANTOINE et ux. v. WASHINGTON
• 463 U.S. 110 (1982), NEVADA v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 463 U.S. 206 (1982), UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al.
• 463 U.S. 545 (1982), ARIZONA et al. v. SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE OF ARIZONA et al.
• 470 U.S. 39 (1984), UNITED STATES v. DANN et al.
• 472 U.S. 237 (1984), MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ANA
• 476 U.S. 734 (1985), UNITED STATES v. DION
• 480 U.S. 700 (1986), UNITED STATES v. CHEROKEE NATION OF OKLAHOMA
• 508 U.S. 182 (1992), MICHAEL E. LINCOLN, ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, et al. v. GROVER VIGIL et al.
• 532 U.S. 1 (2000), DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS v. KLAMATH WATER USERS PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
• 564 U.S. 162 (2010), UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. JICARILLA APACHE NATION