ELK v. WILKINS

Citation

112 U.S. 94 (1884)

Decision : 7-2

Majority Opinion: Horace Gray

Justices Participating

• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• John Harlan | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Joseph Bradley | voted with the majority or plurality

• Morrison Waite | voted with the majority or plurality

• Samuel Blatchford | voted with the majority or plurality

• Samuel Miller | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stephen Field | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stanley Matthews | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Woods | dissent

Categories

• American Citizenship
• Indianness/Identity
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

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• 103 U.S. 44 (1880), PENNOCK v. COMMISSIONERS
• 72 U.S. 761 (1866), THE NEW YORK INDIANS
• 10 U.S. 87 (1810), FLETCHER v. PECK
• 60 U.S. 366 (1856), JOSEPH FELLOWS, SURVIVOR OF ROBERT KENDLE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. SUSAN BLACKSMITH AND ELY S. PARKER, ADMINISTRATORS OF JOHN BLACKSMITH, DECEASED
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 93 U.S. 188 (1876), UNITED STATES v. FORTY-THREE GALLONS OF WHISKEY, ETC
• 109 U.S. 556 (1883), ex parte CROW DOG
• 60 U.S. 393 (1856), DRED SCOTT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN F. A. SANDFORD
• 78 U.S. 616 (1870), THE CHEROKEE TOBACCO
• 30 U.S. 1 (1831), THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 45 U.S. 567 (1846), THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS, v. WILLIAM S. ROGERS
• 70 U.S. 407 (1865), UNITED STATES v. HOLLIDAY
• 72 U.S. 737 (1866), THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE
• 94 U.S. 614 (1876), UNITED STATES v. JOSEPH

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• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN
• 221 U.S. 286 (1910), MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY
• 231 U.S. 28 (1913), UNITED STATES v. SANDOVAL
• 275 U.S. 232 (1927), HEINER, COLLECTOR, v. COLONIAL TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR
• 362 U.S. 99 (1959), FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. TUSCARORA INDIAN NATION
• 420 U.S. 194 (1974), ANTOINE et ux. v. WASHINGTON
• 436 U.S. 49 (1977), SANTA CLARA PUEBLO et al. v. MARTINEZ et al.
• 480 U.S. 9 (1986), IOWA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. v. LAPLANTE et al.