Legal Opinion
United States v. Forness
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided February 14, 1941No. Civil No. 246PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNIGHT, District Judge.
When railroad building was commenced in the western part of the State of New York nearly a century ago, desirable routes were found through the Allegany and Cattaraugus Indian Reservations therein. The Legislature of the State of New York undertook to authorize railroad companies *339chartered by that state to contract with the Chiefs of the Indians for the right to construct and maintain railroads upon the Indian lands, title, however, not to be vested in the companies. The railroads as constructed combined covered some 30 miles in length of the Reservation. Several…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- United States v. KagamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Heckman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Jones v. MeehanSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Oneida Indian Nation of Wisconsin, Oneida of the Thames Band, the Houdenosaunee, Applicants-Intervenors-Appellants v. State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Gamble-Skogmo, Inc. v. McNair Realty Co.District Court, D. Montana · 1951
- Andrews v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1948
- Maurice John, a Native American and Member of the Seneca Nation of Indians v. City of Salamanca and Norris StoneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- People v. EdwardsNew York Supreme Court · 1980
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