Citation

147 U.S. 640

Decision : 7-0

Majority Opinion: Melville Fuller

Justices Participating

  • David Brewer | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • George Shiras | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Henry Brown | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

  • Howell Jackson | other

  • Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

  • John Harlan | other

  • Melville Fuller | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
  • Samuel Blatchford | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Stephen Field | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

Categories

* Land/allotment/grants of land

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Cited Cases

Case Cited In

  • 244 U.S. 582 LANHAM, ADMINISTRATOR OF LANHAM, et al. v. MCKEEL, 1916