GRITTS v. FISHER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, AND MACVEAGH, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Citation

224 U.S. 640 (1911)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Willis Van Devanter

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

• Joseph Lamar | voted with the majority or plurality

• Mahlon Pitney | other

• 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 , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Tribal citizenship
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 204 U.S. 415 (1906), WALLACE v. ADAMS
• 203 U.S. 76 (1906), CHEROKEE INTERMARRIAGE CASES: RED BIRD v. UNITED STATES
• 223 U.S. 95 (1911), UNITED STATES EX REL. LOWE v. FISHER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
• 187 U.S. 294 (1902), CHEROKEE NATION v. HITCHCOCK
• 174 U.S. 445 (1898), STEPHENS v. CHEROKEE NATION.

Case Cited In

• 228 U.S. 6 (1912), UNITED STATES EX REL. KNIGHT v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
• 233 U.S. 269 (1913), FRANKLIN v. LYNCH
• 235 U.S. 441 (1914), SIZEMORE v. BRADY
• 239 U.S. 62 (1915), LA ROQUE v. UNITED STATES
• 243 U.S. 464 (1916), UNITED STATES v. ROWELL et al.
• 250 U.S. 590 (1919), MULLEN et al. v. PICKENS et al.
• 256 U.S. 1 (1920), CHASE, JR., A MINOR, ETC. v. UNITED STATES
• 281 U.S. 206 (1929), WILBUR, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES ex rel. KADRIE et al.
• 283 U.S. 753 (1930), HILARY HALBERT, JR., et al. v. UNITED STATES
• 409 U.S. 80 (1972), UNITED STATES v. JIM et al.
• 411 U.S. 145 (1972), MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE v. JONES, COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF REVENUE OF NEW MEXICO, et al.
• 425 U.S. 649 (1975), NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE v. HOLLOWBREAST et al.