SENECA NATION v. CHRISTY

Citation

162 U.S. 283 (1895)

Decision : 7-0

Majority Opinion: Melville Fuller

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | other

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• George Shiras | voted with the majority or plurality

• Henry Brown | voted with the majority or plurality

• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | other

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

• Rufus Peckham | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stephen Field | voted with the 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.