GOAT v. UNITED STATES

Citation

224 U.S. 458 (1911)

Decision : 7-0

Majority Opinion: Charles Hughes

Justices Participating

• Charles Hughes | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Horace Lurton | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph Lamar | voted with the majority or plurality

• Mahlon Pitney | other

• Oliver Holmes | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Day | other

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

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

Cited Cases

• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN
• 64 U.S. 457 (1859), JOHN DOE, EX DEM. CURTIS MANN AND DOLPHUS HANNAH, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM WILSON
• 66 U.S. 352 (1861), CREWS et al. VS. BURCHAM et al.

Case Cited In

• 229 U.S. 226 (1912), UNITED STATES v. WRIGHT
• 238 U.S. 284 (1914), WOODWARD v. DE GRAFFENRIED