FRANCIS v. FRANCIS

Citation

203 U.S. 233 (1906)

Decision : 7-0

Majority Opinion: John Harlan

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | voted with the majority or plurality

• Edward White | other

• 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

• Oliver Holmes | voted with the majority or plurality

• Rufus Peckham | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Day | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 21 U.S. 543 (1823), JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH
• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS
• 64 U.S. 457 (1859), JOHN DOE, EX DEM. CURTIS MANN AND DOLPHUS HANNAH, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM WILSON
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 86 U.S. 591 (1873), UNITED STATES v. COOK
• 30 U.S. 1 (1831), THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 119 U.S. 55 (1886), BUTTZ v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD

Case Cited In

• 260 U.S. 77 (1922), BREWER-ELLIOTT OIL & GAS COMPANY et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 442 U.S. 653 (1978), WILSON et al. v. OMAHA INDIAN TRIBE et al.