UNITED STATES v. CELESTINE

Citation

215 U.S. 278 (1909)

Decision : 7-0

Majority Opinion: David Brewer

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• 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

• William Moody | other

• William Day | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• American Citizenship
• Canons of Construction
• Criminal jurisdiction
• Indian Country
• Indianness/Identity
• Jurisdiction (other)
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Major Crimes Act
• Treaties
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 95 U.S. 204 (1877), BATES v. CLARK
• 121 U.S. 278 (1886), UNITED STATES v. LE BRIS
• 109 U.S. 556 (1883), ex parte CROW DOG
• 208 U.S. 340 (1907), DICK v. UNITED STATES
• 197 U.S. 488 (1904), MATTER OF HEFF
• 212 U.S. 542 (1908), TOY TOY v. HOPKINS, UNITED STATES MARSHAL
• 72 U.S. 737 (1866), THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE

Case Cited In

• 221 U.S. 286 (1910), MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY
• 221 U.S. 317 (1910), HALLOWELL v. UNITED STATES
• 225 U.S. 663 (1911), ex parte CHARLEY WEBB, PETITIONER
• 231 U.S. 28 (1913), UNITED STATES v. SANDOVAL
• 233 U.S. 587 (1913), APAPAS v. UNITED STATES
• 232 U.S. 442 (1913), UNITED STATES v. PELICAN
• 237 U.S. 74 (1914), UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. NOBLE
• 241 U.S. 591 (1915), UNITED STATES v. NICE
• 246 U.S. 530 (1917), UNITED STATES v. SOLDANA et al.
• 254 U.S. 548 (1920), LOUIE v. UNITED STATES
• 271 U.S. 467 (1925), UNITED STATES v. RAMSEY et al.
• 290 U.S. 33 (1933), UNITED STATES v. REILLY
• 318 U.S. 206 (1942), UNITED STATES v. OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
• 324 U.S. 786 (1944), RICE v. OLSON, WARDEN
• 368 U.S. 351 (1961), SEYMOUR v. SUPERINTENDENT OF WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY
• 391 U.S. 392 (1967), PUYALLUP TRIBE v. DEPARTMENT OF GAME OF WASHINGTON et al.
• 412 U.S. 481 (1972), MATTZ v. ARNETT, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
• 420 U.S. 425 (1974), DECOTEAU, NATURAL MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND OF FEATHER et al. v. DISTRICT COUNTY COURT FOR THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
• 430 U.S. 584 (1976), ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE v. KNEIP, GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA, et al.
• 437 U.S. 634 (1977), UNITED STATES v. JOHN et al.
• 465 U.S. 463 (1983), SOLEM, WARDEN, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE PENITENTIARY, et al. v. BARTLETT
• 510 U.S. 399 (1993), ROBERT HAGEN v. UTAH
• 522 U.S. 329 (1997), SOUTH DAKOTA v. YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE et al.
• 528 U.S. 495 (1999), HAROLD F. RICE v. BENJAMIN J. CAYETANO, GOVERNOR OF HAWAII