UNITED STATES EX REL. KNIGHT v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

Citation

228 U.S. 6 (1912)

Decision : 9-0

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 | 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 , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

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

Cited Cases

• 216 U.S. 240 (1909), BALLINGER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES EX REL. FROST
• 224 U.S. 640 (1911), GRITTS v. FISHER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, AND MACVEAGH, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
• 211 U.S. 249 (1908), GARFIELD, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES EX REL. GOLDSBY

Case Cited In

• 241 U.S. 201 (1915), LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES ex rel. MICKADIET AND TIEBAULT
• 245 U.S. 308 (1917), DUNCAN TOWNSITE COMPANY v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
• 281 U.S. 206 (1929), WILBUR, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES ex rel. KADRIE et al.