CREEK NATION v. UNITED STATES

Citation

318 U.S. 629 (1942)

Decision : 6-2

Majority Opinion: Hugo Black

Justices Participating

• Felix Frankfurter | dissent

• Francis Murphy | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Harlan Stone | voted with the majority or plurality

• Hugo Black | 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

• Wiley Rutledge | other

• William Douglas | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

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

Cited Cases

• 165 U.S. 413 (1896), ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. MINGUS
• 315 U.S. 681 (1941), TULEE v. STATE OF WASHINGTON
• 161 U.S. 291 (1895), LEIGHTON v. UNITED STATES
• 271 U.S. 432 (1925), UNITED STATES v. CANDELARIA et al.
• 295 U.S. 103 (1934), UNITED STATES v. CREEK NATION
• 305 U.S. 415 (1938), UNITED STATES v. ALGOMA LUMBER CO.
• 224 U.S. 413 (1911), HECKMAN v. UNITED STATES
• 187 U.S. 294 (1902), CHEROKEE NATION v. HITCHCOCK
• 251 U.S. 128 (1919), UNITED STATES v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al.
• 135 U.S. 641 (1889), CHEROKEE NATION v. SOUTHERN KANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY
• 266 U.S. 226 (1924), SUNDERLAND v. UNITED STATES
• 119 U.S. 1 (1886), CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 249 U.S. 110 (1918), LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ROSA
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK
• 316 U.S. 286 (1941), SEMINOLE NATION v. UNITED STATES

Case Cited In

• 390 U.S. 365 (1967), POAFPYBITTY et al. v. SKELLY OIL CO.
• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.