FELIX v. PATRICK

Citation

145 U.S. 317 (1891)

Decision : 7-1

Majority Opinion: Henry Brown

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | voted with the majority or plurality

• Henry Brown | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality

• Lucius Lamar | voted with the majority or plurality

• Melville Fuller | voted with the majority or plurality

• Samuel Blatchford | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stephen Field | dissent

Categories

• American Citizenship
• Laches (statute of limitations)
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 72 U.S. 737 (1866), THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE

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• 467 U.S. 138 (1983), THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES OF THE FORT BERTHOLD RESERVATION v. WOLD ENGINEERING, P. C., et al.
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