SMITH v. STEVENS

Citation

77 U.S. 321 (1870)

Decision : 7-0

Justices Participating

• Salmon Chase | did not vote

• Samuel Nelson | did not vote

• Nathan Clifford | voted with majority or plurality

• Noah Swayne | voted with majority or plurality

• Samuel Miller | voted with majority or plurality

• David Davis | voted with majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Stephen Field | voted with majority or plurality

• William Strong | voted with majority or plurality

• Joseph Bradley | voted with majority or plurality

Categories

• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Case Cited In

• 145 U.S. 310 (1891), PICKERING v. LOMAX
• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN