YERKE v. UNITED STATES

Citation

173 U.S. 439 (1898)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Joseph McKenna

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | voted with the majority or plurality

• 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

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Melville Fuller | voted with the majority or plurality

• Rufus Peckham | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Claims against the U.S.
• Depredations/Individual Claims Against Tribal Nations
• Jurisdiction (other)

Cited Cases

• 160 U.S. 546 (1895), JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES