CONFEDERATED BANDS OF UTE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES

Citation

330 U.S. 169 (1946)

Decision : 6-3

Majority Opinion: Hugo Black

Justices Participating

• Felix Frankfurter | dissent

• Francis Murphy | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Fred Vinson | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harold Burton | voted with the majority or plurality

• Hugo Black | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Robert Jackson | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stanley Reed | voted with the majority or plurality

• Wiley Rutledge | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Douglas | dissent

Categories

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

Cited Cases

• 160 U.S. 394 (1895), SPALDING v. CHANDLER
• 316 U.S. 317 (1941), SIOUX TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 318 U.S. 423 (1942), CHOCTAW NATION OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 329 U.S. 40 (1946), UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.

Case Cited In

• 337 U.S. 86 (1948), HYNES, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, v. GRIMES PACKING CO. ET AL.