Citation

148 U.S. 427

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

* Claims against the U.S.

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Cited Cases

Case Cited In

  • 179 U.S. 494 UNITED STATES v. CHOCTAW NATION AND CHICKASAW NATION, 1900
  • 202 U.S. 101 UNITED STATES v. CHEROKEE NATION, 1905
  • 204 U.S. 415 WALLACE v. ADAMS, 1906
  • 220 U.S. 481 SAC AND FOX INDIANS OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN IOWA v. SAC AND FOX INDIANS OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN OKLAHOMA, AND THE UNITED STATES, 1910
  • 224 U.S. 413 HECKMAN v. UNITED STATES, 1911
  • 229 U.S. 498 UNITED STATES v. MILLE LAC BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, 1912
  • 243 U.S. 464 UNITED STATES v. ROWELL et al., 1916
  • 253 U.S. 275 UNITED STATES v. OMAHA TRIBE OF INDIANS, 1919
  • 277 U.S. 424 SISSETON AND WAHPETON BANDS OF SIOUX INDIANS v. UNITED STATES, 1927