NORTHWESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES

Citation

324 U.S. 335 (1944)

Decision : 5-4

Majority Opinion: Stanley Reed

Justices Participating

• Felix Frankfurter | dissent

• Francis Murphy | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Harlan Stone | voted with the majority or plurality

• Hugo Black | concurrence

• Owen Roberts | dissent

• Robert Jackson | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

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

• Wiley Rutledge | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Douglas | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

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

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

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.