WESTMORELAND v. UNITED STATES

Citation

155 U.S. 545 (1894)

Decision : 8-0

Justices Participating

• Melville Fuller | voted with majority or plurality

• Stephen Field | voted with majority or plurality

• John Harlan | voted with majority or plurality

• Horace Gray | voted with majority or plurality

• David Brewer | voted with majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Henry Brown | voted with majority or plurality

• George Shiras | voted with majority or plurality

• Howell Jackson | did not vote

• Edward White | voted with majority or plurality

Categories

• Criminal jurisdiction
• General Crimes Act
• Indianness/Identity
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 141 U.S. 107 (1890), in re MAYFIELD, PETITIONER
• 45 U.S. 567 (1846), THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS, v. WILLIAM S. ROGERS

Case Cited In

• 162 U.S. 499 (1895), ALBERTY v. UNITED STATES