Oregon v. Hitchcock
Supreme Court of the United States
IN EQUITY. By leave of court the State of Oregon filed an original bill against Ethan A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior, and William A. Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office, to restrain, the defendants from allotting or patenting to any Indians or other persons certain lands within the limits of the Klamath Reservation, which it is alleged were on March 12, 1860, swamp and overflowed lands, and praying a decree establishing the title of the State of Oregon…
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IN EQUITY. By leave of court the State of Oregon filed an original bill against Ethan A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior, and William A. Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office, to restrain, the defendants from allotting or patenting to any Indians or other persons certain lands within the limits of the Klamath Reservation, which it is alleged were on March 12, 1860, swamp and overflowed lands, and praying a decree establishing the title of the State of Oregon to such lands and declaring that the title is subject only to such right of temporary and terminable occupation as may…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The question of jurisdiction of course precedes any inquiry into the merits. By sec. 2 of art. Ill of the Constitution and sec. 687, Rev. Stat., this court has original jurisdiction of a suit brought by á State against citizens of other States. Pennsylvania v. Quicksilver Company, 10 Wall. 553; Wisconsin v. Pelican Insurance Company, 127 U. S. 265, 287, and cases cited in the opinion; California v. Southern Pacific Company, 157 U. S. 229, 258; Minnesota v. Hitchcock, 185 U. S. 373. But the contention is that the United States is the real party in interest as defendant, that it cannot be…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wisconsin v. Pelican InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Minnesota v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- California v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Michigan Land & Lumber Co. v. RustSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Brown v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
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3Cited by76 opinions
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- Land v. DollarSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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- Hawaii v. GordonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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