WIGGAN v. CONOLLY

Citation

163 U.S. 56 (1895)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: David Brewer

Justices Participating

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

• 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 | voted with the majority or plurality

• Melville Fuller | voted with the majority or plurality

• Rufus Peckham | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stephen Field | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• American Citizenship
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Case Cited In

• 245 U.S. 89 (1917), UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS TRUSTEE AND GUARDIAN OF THE OMAHA TRIBE OF INDIANS, et al., v. CHASE