Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1933PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNelson, J.
From the facts reported it appears that the defendant is an incompetent Indian, — that is to say, one to whom the United States has allotted lands which are still held in trust for him by the government of the United States; that he is a member of the Bad River Band of Chippewa Indians and resides within the boundaries of the Bad River Indian Reservation; that, while hunting for deer on certain lands which had been fully patented and during the closed season for deer, he mistook Frank Gervais for a deer and shot and killed him.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. WinansSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Bates v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- New York Ex Rel. Kennedy v. BeckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Dick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- State v. Spotted HawkMontana Supreme Court · 1899
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Tooisgah v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
- State v. GurnoeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1972
- State ex rel. Irvine v. District Court of Fourth Judicial Dist.Montana Supreme Court · 1951
- Clarence Ernest Beardslee, A/K/A Clarence Everett Beardslee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1944
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