UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.

Citation

329 U.S. 40 (1946)

Decision : 5-3

Majority Opinion: Fred Vinson

Justices Participating

• Felix Frankfurter | voted with the majority or plurality

• Francis Murphy | voted with the majority or plurality

• Fred Vinson | judgment of the Court , justice wrote an opinion

• Harold Burton | dissent

• Hugo Black | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• Robert Jackson | other

• Stanley Reed | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Wiley Rutledge | dissent

• William Douglas | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

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

Cited Cases

• 295 U.S. 103 (1934), UNITED STATES v. CREEK NATION
• 31 U.S. 691 (1832), THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS v. DON FERNANDO DE LA MAZA ARREDONDO AND OTHERS, APPELLEES
• 181 U.S. 481 (1900), BARKER v. HARVEY
• 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
• 258 U.S. 574 (1921), STATE OF OKLAHOMA v. STATE OF TEXAS. UNITED STATES, INTERVENER
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK
• 304 U.S. 119 (1937), UNITED STATES v. KLAMATH AND MOADOC TRIBES OF INDIANS et al.
• 229 U.S. 498 (1912), UNITED STATES v. MILLE LAC BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
• 216 U.S. 84 (1909), CONLEY v. BALLINGER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 187 U.S. 294 (1902), CHEROKEE NATION v. HITCHCOCK
• 301 U.S. 358 (1936), CHIPPEWA INDIANS OF MINNESOTA v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 249 U.S. 110 (1918), LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ROSA
• 21 U.S. 543 (1823), JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH
• 152 U.S. 114 (1893), MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. ROBERTS
• 95 U.S. 517 (1877), BEECHER v. WETHERBY
• 316 U.S. 317 (1941), SIOUX TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 41 U.S. 367 (1842), MERRIT MARTIN AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. THE LESSEE OF WILLIAM C. H. WADDELL, DEFENDANT IN ERROR
• 155 U.S. 180 (1894), UNITED STATES v. BLACKFEATHER
• 314 U.S. 339 (1941), UNITED STATES, AS GUARDIAN OF THE HUALPAI INDIANS OF ARIZONA, v. SANTA FE PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
• 324 U.S. 335 (1944), NORTHWESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 174 U.S. 445 (1898), STEPHENS v. CHEROKEE NATION.
• 119 U.S. 55 (1886), BUTTZ v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
• 160 U.S. 394 (1895), SPALDING v. CHANDLER
• 221 U.S. 286 (1910), MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY
• 161 U.S. 297 (1895), MARKS v. UNITED STATES
• 299 U.S. 476 (1936), SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 38 U.S. 195 (1839), MERIWETHER L. CLARK, EXECUTOR, AND WILLIAM P. CLARK, GEORGE R. H. CLARK, AND JEFFERSON KENNERLY CLARK, AN INFANT UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND NEXT FRIEND, THE SAID GEORGE R. H. CLARK, HEIRS AT LAW OF WILLIAM
• 185 U.S. 373 (1901), MINNESOTA v. HITCHCOCK
• 220 U.S. 481 (1910), SAC AND FOX INDIANS OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN IOWA v. SAC AND FOX INDIANS OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN OKLAHOMA, AND THE UNITED STATES

Case Cited In

• 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.
• 341 U.S. 48 (1950), UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.
• 348 U.S. 272 (1954), TEE-HIT-TON INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 414 U.S. 661 (1973), ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al.
• 430 U.S. 73 (1976), DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE et al. v. WEEKS et al.
• 448 U.S. 371 (1979), UNITED STATES v. SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS et al.