TEE-HIT-TON INDIANS v. UNITED STATES

Citation

348 U.S. 272 (1954)

Decision : 5-3

Majority Opinion: Stanley Reed

Justices Participating

• Earl Warren | dissent

• Felix Frankfurter | dissent

• Harold Burton | voted with the majority or plurality

• Hugo Black | voted with the majority or plurality

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

• Sherman Minton | voted with the majority or plurality

• Tom Clark | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Douglas | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Alaska
• Claims against the U.S.
• Doctrine of Discovery
• Indian Country
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• International law
• Natural Resources
• Plenary Power
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 295 U.S. 103 (1934), UNITED STATES v. CREEK NATION
• 58 U.S. 525 (1854), THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. ARCHIBALD A. RITCHIE
• 248 U.S. 78 (1918), ALASKA PACIFIC FISHERIES v. UNITED STATES
• 304 U.S. 119 (1937), UNITED STATES v. KLAMATH AND MOADOC TRIBES OF INDIANS et al.
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 305 U.S. 415 (1938), UNITED STATES v. ALGOMA LUMBER CO.
• 301 U.S. 358 (1936), CHIPPEWA INDIANS OF MINNESOTA v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 341 U.S. 48 (1950), UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.
• 21 U.S. 543 (1823), JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH
• 273 U.S. 315 (1926), THE PUEBLO OF SANTA ROSA v. FALL, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al.
• 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
• 314 U.S. 339 (1941), UNITED STATES, AS GUARDIAN OF THE HUALPAI INDIANS OF ARIZONA, v. SANTA FE PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
• 304 U.S. 111 (1937), UNITED STATES v. SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 324 U.S. 335 (1944), NORTHWESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 119 U.S. 55 (1886), BUTTZ v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
• 231 U.S. 28 (1913), UNITED STATES v. SANDOVAL
• 329 U.S. 40 (1946), UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.
• 315 U.S. 681 (1941), TULEE v. STATE OF WASHINGTON
• 94 U.S. 614 (1876), UNITED STATES v. JOSEPH
• 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
• 337 U.S. 86 (1948), HYNES, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, v. GRIMES PACKING CO. ET AL.

Case Cited In

• 414 U.S. 661 (1973), ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al.
• 448 U.S. 371 (1979), UNITED STATES v. SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS et al.
• 455 U.S. 130 (1981), MERRION et al., DBA MERRION & BAYLESS, et al. v. JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE et al.
• 533 U.S. 262 (2000), IDAHO v. UNITED STATES et al.