PEORIA TRIBE OF INDIANS OF OKLAHOMA et al. v. UNITED STATES

Citation

390 U.S. 468 (1967)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Potter Stewart

Justices Participating

• Abe Fortas | voted with the majority or plurality

• Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Earl Warren | voted with the majority or plurality

• Hugo Black | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality

• Potter Stewart | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Thurgood Marshall | other

• William Brennan | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Douglas | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

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

Cited Cases

• 270 U.S. 476 (1925), CHEROKEE NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 229 U.S. 498 (1912), UNITED STATES v. MILLE LAC BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
• 315 U.S. 681 (1941), TULEE v. STATE OF WASHINGTON
• 304 U.S. 111 (1937), UNITED STATES v. SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 155 U.S. 180 (1894), UNITED STATES v. BLACKFEATHER
• 253 U.S. 275 (1919), UNITED STATES v. OMAHA TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 341 U.S. 48 (1950), UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.