UNITED STATES v. CHOCTAW NATION AND CHICKASAW NATION

Citation

179 U.S. 494 (1900)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: John Harlan

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 , justice wrote an opinion

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality

• Melville Fuller | voted with the majority or plurality

• Rufus Peckham | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Claims against the U.S.
• Indian Country
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 148 U.S. 427 (1892), UNITED STATES v. OLD SETTLERS.
• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN
• 95 U.S. 517 (1877), BEECHER v. WETHERBY
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 72 U.S. 737 (1866), THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE
• 119 U.S. 1 (1886), CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS

Case Cited In

• 224 U.S. 448 (1911), MULLEN v. UNITED STATES
• 229 U.S. 498 (1912), UNITED STATES v. MILLE LAC BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
• 252 U.S. 159 (1919), ASH SHEEP COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
• 309 U.S. 506 (1939), UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO. et al.
• 318 U.S. 423 (1942), CHOCTAW NATION OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 324 U.S. 335 (1944), NORTHWESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 437 U.S. 634 (1977), UNITED STATES v. JOHN et al.