UNITED STATES v. NEW YORK INDIANS

Citation

173 U.S. 464 (1898)

Decision : 6-3

Majority Opinion: Henry Brown

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | dissent

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• George Shiras | voted with the majority or plurality

• Henry Brown | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | dissent

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality

• Melville Fuller | dissent

• Rufus Peckham | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Claims against the U.S.
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 60 U.S. 366 (1856), JOSEPH FELLOWS, SURVIVOR OF ROBERT KENDLE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. SUSAN BLACKSMITH AND ELY S. PARKER, ADMINISTRATORS OF JOHN BLACKSMITH, DECEASED