MARICOPA AND PHOENIX RAILROAD COMPANY v. ARIZONA TERRITORY

Citation

156 U.S. 347 (1894)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Edward White

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | voted with the majority or plurality

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• George Shiras | voted with the majority or plurality

• Henry Brown | voted with the majority or plurality

• Howell Jackson | other

• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality

• Melville Fuller | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stephen Field | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Indian Country
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes

Cited Cases

• 116 U.S. 28 (1885), UTAH & NORTHERN RAILWAY v. FISHER
• 98 U.S. 476 (1878), HARKNESS v. HYDE

Case Cited In

• 169 U.S. 264 (1897), THOMAS v. GAY.
• 256 U.S. 531 (1920), CHOCTAW, OKLAHOMA & GULF RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. MACKEY, AS COUNTY TREASURER OF HUGHES COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al.
• 369 U.S. 60 (1961), ORGANIZED VILLAGE OF KAKE et al. v. EGAN, GOVERNOR OF ALASKA