CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES

Citation

119 U.S. 1 (1886)

Decision : 7-1

Majority Opinion: Stanley Matthews

Justices Participating

• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph Bradley | voted with the majority or plurality

• Morrison Waite | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• 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 , justice wrote an opinion

• William Woods | other

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Claims against the U.S.
• Domestic Dependent Nations
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS

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• 179 U.S. 494 (1900), UNITED STATES v. CHOCTAW NATION AND CHICKASAW NATION
• 185 U.S. 373 (1901), MINNESOTA v. HITCHCOCK
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• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK
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• 397 U.S. 620 (1969), CHOCTAW NATION et al. v. OKLAHOMA et al.
• 420 U.S. 194 (1974), ANTOINE et ux. v. WASHINGTON
• 437 U.S. 634 (1977), UNITED STATES v. JOHN et al.
• 448 U.S. 371 (1979), UNITED STATES v. SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS et al.
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