Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States
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Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States is a 1955 U.S. Supreme Court case that denied compensable property rights to an Alaska Native group by relying on the Doctrine of Discovery to limit Indigenous land claims.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
ⓘ
federal Indian law case ⓘ property law case ⓘ |
| appliesDoctrine | Doctrine of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aroseInJurisdiction | United States federal jurisdiction ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | a restrictive precedent on Indigenous property rights ⓘ |
| concernsGroup |
Alaska Natives
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tlingit people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concernsTerritory | Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
denial of compensation for long-standing Native use and occupancy
ⓘ
reliance on colonial-era doctrines to limit Indigenous land rights ⓘ |
| decidedUnderChiefJustice | Earl Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denies | compensation for timber taken from lands claimed by the Tee-Hit-Ton Indians ⓘ |
| field |
United States Indian law
ⓘ
United States constitutional law ⓘ |
| hasArgumentDate | December 6, 1954 ⓘ |
| hasCitation | 348 U.S. 272 ⓘ |
| hasConcurrenceBy | Felix Frankfurter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | February 7, 1955 ⓘ |
| hasDissentBy | Hugo L. Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDissentingVote | 1 justice ⓘ |
| hasDocketNumber | No. 86 ⓘ |
| hasFullCaseName | Tee-Hit-Ton Indians, et al. v. United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalIssue |
application of the Doctrine of Discovery to Indigenous land claims
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scope of aboriginal title in U.S. law ⓘ whether aboriginal title of Alaska Natives is compensable under the Fifth Amendment ⓘ |
| hasMajorityOpinionBy | Stanley F. Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorityVote | 8 justices ⓘ |
| hasPage | 272 ⓘ |
| hasPetitioner | Tee-Hit-Ton Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReporter | United States Reports NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRespondent | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVolume | 348 ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre-statehood Alaska ⓘ |
| holds |
Alaska Natives’ occupancy rights in the case were permissive and subject to the will of Congress
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Congress may extinguish aboriginal title without paying compensation unless it has expressly recognized that title as compensable ⓘ unrecognized aboriginal title is not a compensable property right under the Fifth Amendment ⓘ |
| impactOn | subsequent Alaska Native land claims ⓘ |
| interpretsConstitution | Fifth Amendment Takings Clause ⓘ |
| involvesGovernmentAction | federal authorization of timber cutting on lands used by the Tee-Hit-Ton Indians ⓘ |
| involvesStatute | Tucker Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesSubject |
Indigenous land rights
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aboriginal title ⓘ federal plenary power over Indian affairs ⓘ |
| languageUsed | described Indigenous occupancy as a "mere permission" of the sovereign ⓘ |
| precedes | Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reliesOnPrecedent |
Johnson v. M’Intosh
NERFINISHED
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United States v. Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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