FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. TUSCARORA INDIAN NATION

Citation

362 U.S. 99 (1959)

Decision : 6-3

Majority Opinion: Charles Whittaker

Justices Participating

• Charles Whittaker | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Earl Warren | dissent

• Felix Frankfurter | voted with the majority or plurality

• Hugo Black | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality

• Potter Stewart | voted with the majority or plurality

• Tom Clark | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Brennan | concurrence

• William Douglas | dissent

Categories

• Commerce Clause
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indian Country
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• Treaties
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 276 U.S. 575 (1927), SHAW, AUDITOR, v. GIBSON-ZAHNISER OIL CORPORATION et al.
• 72 U.S. 761 (1866), THE NEW YORK INDIANS
• 275 U.S. 232 (1927), HEINER, COLLECTOR, v. COLONIAL TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK
• 283 U.S. 691 (1930), CHOTEAU v. BURNET, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
• 60 U.S. 366 (1856), JOSEPH FELLOWS, SURVIVOR OF ROBERT KENDLE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. SUSAN BLACKSMITH AND ELY S. PARKER, ADMINISTRATORS OF JOHN BLACKSMITH, DECEASED
• 318 U.S. 206 (1942), UNITED STATES v. OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 93 U.S. 188 (1876), UNITED STATES v. FORTY-THREE GALLONS OF WHISKEY, ETC
• 109 U.S. 556 (1883), ex parte CROW DOG
• 112 U.S. 94 (1884), ELK v. WILKINS
• 295 U.S. 418 (1934), SUPERINTENDENT OF FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
• 305 U.S. 382 (1938), MINNESOTA v. UNITED STATES
• 152 U.S. 114 (1893), MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. ROBERTS
• 21 U.S. 543 (1823), JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH
• 95 U.S. 517 (1877), BEECHER v. WETHERBY
• 271 U.S. 432 (1925), UNITED STATES v. CANDELARIA et al.
• 237 U.S. 43 (1914), HENKEL v. UNITED STATES
• 224 U.S. 413 (1911), HECKMAN v. UNITED STATES
• 30 U.S. 1 (1831), THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 224 U.S. 665 (1911), CHOATE v. TRAPP, SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF OKLAHOMA
• 241 U.S. 556 (1915), PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ON THE RELATION OF KENNEDY v. BECKER, AS SHERIFF OF ERIE COUNTY
• 231 U.S. 28 (1913), UNITED STATES v. SANDOVAL
• 45 U.S. 567 (1846), THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS, v. WILLIAM S. ROGERS
• 160 U.S. 394 (1895), SPALDING v. CHANDLER
• 315 U.S. 681 (1941), TULEE v. STATE OF WASHINGTON
• 221 U.S. 286 (1910), MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY
• 135 U.S. 641 (1889), CHEROKEE NATION v. SOUTHERN KANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY
• 72 U.S. 737 (1866), THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE
• 322 U.S. 363 (1943), UNITED STATES v. HELLARD
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS

Case Cited In

• 448 U.S. 371 (1979), UNITED STATES v. SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS et al.
• 466 U.S. 765 (1983), ESCONDIDO MUTUAL WATER CO. et al. v. LA JOLLA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS et al.
• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.
• 472 U.S. 237 (1984), MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ANA
• 476 U.S. 498 (1985), SOUTH CAROLINA et al. v. CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE, INC.
• 492 U.S. 408 (1988), PHILIP BRENDALE v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION et al.
• 510 U.S. 399 (1993), ROBERT HAGEN v. UTAH