FAIRBANKS v. UNITED STATES

Citation

223 U.S. 215 (1911)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Joseph McKenna

Justices Participating

• Charles Hughes | voted with the majority or plurality

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Horace Lurton | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Joseph Lamar | voted with the majority or plurality

• Oliver Holmes | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Day | voted with the majority or plurality

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 211 U.S. 249 (1908), GARFIELD, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES EX REL. GOLDSBY

Case Cited In

• 239 U.S. 62 (1915), LA ROQUE v. UNITED STATES
• 266 U.S. 481 (1924), MORRISON, JR., et al. v. WORK, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al.
• 301 U.S. 358 (1936), CHIPPEWA INDIANS OF MINNESOTA v. UNITED STATES et al.