DONNELLY v. UNITED STATES

Citation

228 U.S. 243 (1912)

Decision : 6-3

Majority Opinion: Mahlon Pitney

Justices Participating

• Charles Hughes | dissent

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Horace Lurton | dissent

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph Lamar | voted with the majority or plurality

• Mahlon Pitney | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Oliver Holmes | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• William Day | voted with the majority or plurality

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Criminal jurisdiction
• General Crimes Act
• Indian Country
• Indianness/Identity
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• States/Authority of states

Cited Cases

• 225 U.S. 551 (1911), CLAIRMONT v. UNITED STATES
• 109 U.S. 556 (1883), ex parte CROW DOG
• 164 U.S. 240 (1896), DRAPER v. UNITED STATES
• 121 U.S. 278 (1886), UNITED STATES v. LE BRIS
• 41 U.S. 367 (1842), MERRIT MARTIN AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. THE LESSEE OF WILLIAM C. H. WADDELL, DEFENDANT IN ERROR
• 160 U.S. 394 (1895), SPALDING v. CHANDLER
• 140 U.S. 575 (1890), in re WILSON, PETITIONER
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS
• 104 U.S. 621 (1881), UNITED STATES v. MCBRATNEY

Case Cited In

• 228 U.S. 708 (1912), DONNELLY v. UNITED STATES
• 233 U.S. 587 (1913), APAPAS v. UNITED STATES
• 232 U.S. 442 (1913), UNITED STATES v. PELICAN
• 246 U.S. 530 (1917), UNITED STATES v. SOLDANA et al.
• 254 U.S. 548 (1920), LOUIE v. UNITED STATES
• 260 U.S. 77 (1922), BREWER-ELLIOTT OIL & GAS COMPANY et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 271 U.S. 467 (1925), UNITED STATES v. RAMSEY et al.
• 290 U.S. 357 (1933), UNITED STATES v. CHAVEZ et al.
• 324 U.S. 786 (1944), RICE v. OLSON, WARDEN
• 327 U.S. 711 (1945), WILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES
• 326 U.S. 496 (1945), NEW YORK EX REL. RAY v. MARTIN, WARDEN
• 358 U.S. 217 (1958), WILLIAMS et ux. v. LEE, DOING BUSINESS AS GANADO TRADING POST
• 397 U.S. 620 (1969), CHOCTAW NATION et al. v. OKLAHOMA et al.
• 412 U.S. 481 (1972), MATTZ v. ARNETT, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
• 437 U.S. 634 (1977), UNITED STATES v. JOHN et al.
• 450 U.S. 544 (1980), MONTANA et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 522 U.S. 520 (1997), ALASKA v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF VENETIE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT et al.