UNITED STATES v. CHOCTAW NATION AND CHICKASAW NATION

Citation

179 U.S. 494

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: John Harlan

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• George Shiras | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Henry Brown | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Melville Fuller | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Rufus Peckham | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

Categories

* Land/allotment/grants of land

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Cited Cases

• 148 U.S. 427

• 175 U.S. 1

• 95 U.S. 517

• 31 U.S. 515

• 72 U.S. 737

• 119 U.S. 1

• 118 U.S. 375

Case Cited In

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