KANSAS v. UNITED STATES

Citation

204 U.S. 331 (1906)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Melville Fuller

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | voted with the majority or plurality

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality

• Melville Fuller | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Oliver Holmes | voted with the majority or plurality

• Rufus Peckham | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Moody | other

• William Day | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Sovereign immunity
• States/Authority of states
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 202 U.S. 60 (1905), OREGON v. HITCHCOCK
• 185 U.S. 373 (1901), MINNESOTA v. HITCHCOCK

Case Cited In

• 235 U.S. 37 (1914), MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
• 258 U.S. 574 (1921), STATE OF OKLAHOMA v. STATE OF TEXAS. UNITED STATES, INTERVENER
• 305 U.S. 382 (1938), MINNESOTA v. UNITED STATES
• 501 U.S. 775 (1990), EDGAR BLATCHFORD, COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS OF ALASKA v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF NOATAK AND CIRCLE VILLAGE