NORTHWESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES

Citation

324 U.S. 335 (1944)

Decision : 5-4

Justices Participating

• Harlan Stone | voted with majority or plurality

• Owen Roberts | dissent

• Hugo Black | regular concurrence

• Stanley Reed | voted with majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Felix Frankfurter | dissent

• William Douglas | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Francis Murphy | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Robert Jackson | regular concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• Wiley Rutledge | voted with majority or plurality

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Claims against the U.S.
• Doctrine of Discovery
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 315 U.S. 681 (1941), TULEE v. STATE OF WASHINGTON
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK
• 119 U.S. 55 (1886), BUTTZ v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
• 264 U.S. 446 (1923), UNITED STATES v. PAYNE
• 21 U.S. 543 (1823), JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH
• 249 U.S. 194 (1918), SEUFERT BROTHERS COMPANY v. UNITED STATES, AS TRUSTEE AND GUARDIAN OF THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIANS AND NATIONS, et al.
• 198 U.S. 371 (1904), UNITED STATES v. WINANS
• 207 U.S. 564 (1907), WINTERS v. THE UNITED STATES
• 181 U.S. 481 (1900), BARKER v. HARVEY
• 95 U.S. 204 (1877), BATES v. CLARK
• 280 U.S. 363 (1929), CARPENTER et al. v. SHAW, STATE AUDITOR OF OKLAHOMA
• 295 U.S. 103 (1934), UNITED STATES v. CREEK NATION
• 318 U.S. 423 (1942), CHOCTAW NATION OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 179 U.S. 494 (1900), UNITED STATES v. CHOCTAW NATION AND CHICKASAW NATION
• 261 U.S. 219 (1922), CRAMER et al. v. UNITED STATES
• 299 U.S. 476 (1936), SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN
• 95 U.S. 517 (1877), BEECHER v. WETHERBY
• 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
• 227 U.S. 355 (1912), NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
• 276 U.S. 58 (1927), MARLIN v. LEWALLEN et al.
• 265 U.S. 472 (1923), UNITED STATES v. TITLE INSURANCE & TRUST COMPANY et al.
• 304 U.S. 111 (1937), UNITED STATES v. SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 314 U.S. 339 (1941), UNITED STATES, AS GUARDIAN OF THE HUALPAI INDIANS OF ARIZONA, v. SANTA FE PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA

Case Cited In

• 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
• 450 U.S. 544 (1980), MONTANA et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.