FLEMING v. MCCURTAIN

Citation

215 U.S. 56 (1909)

Decision : 7-0

Majority Opinion: Oliver Holmes

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

• Oliver Holmes | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• William Moody | other

• William Day | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties
• Tribal citizenship
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 205 U.S. 80 (1906), UNITED STATES ex rel. WEST v. HITCHCOCK
• 211 U.S. 249 (1908), GARFIELD, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES EX REL. GOLDSBY
• 187 U.S. 294 (1902), CHEROKEE NATION v. HITCHCOCK
• 174 U.S. 445 (1898), STEPHENS v. CHEROKEE NATION.
• 119 U.S. 1 (1886), CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK

Case Cited In

• 220 U.S. 481 (1910), SAC AND FOX INDIANS OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN IOWA v. SAC AND FOX INDIANS OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN OKLAHOMA, AND THE UNITED STATES
• 397 U.S. 620 (1969), CHOCTAW NATION et al. v. OKLAHOMA et al.
• 437 U.S. 634 (1977), UNITED STATES v. JOHN et al.