SENECA NATION v. CHRISTY

Citation

162 U.S. 283 (1895)

Decision : 7-0

Justices Participating

• Melville Fuller | voted with majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Stephen Field | voted with majority or plurality

• John Harlan | did not vote

• Horace Gray | voted with majority or plurality

• David Brewer | did not vote

• Henry Brown | voted with majority or plurality

• George Shiras | voted with majority or plurality

• Edward White | voted with majority or plurality

• Rufus Peckham | voted with majority or plurality

Categories

• Indian Country
• Laches (statute of limitations)
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• States/Authority of states
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 34 U.S. 711 (1835), COLIN MITCHEL, ROBERT MITCHEL, IN HIS OWN RIGHT, AND AS ASSIGNEE OF THE ESTATE AND EFFECTS OF THE MERCANTILE HOUSE HERETOFORE TRADING UNDER THE FIRM OF CARNOCHAN AND MITCHEL, AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE CREDITORS OF SAID FIRM, AND ALSO OF RICHARD CA

Case Cited In

• 414 U.S. 661 (1973), ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al.