UNITED STATES v. PELICAN

Citation

232 U.S. 442 (1913)

Decision : 8-0

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 | other

• 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

Categories

• Criminal jurisdiction
• General Crimes Act
• Indian Country
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 225 U.S. 663 (1911), ex parte CHARLEY WEBB, PETITIONER
• 164 U.S. 240 (1896), DRAPER v. UNITED STATES
• 221 U.S. 286 (1910), MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY
• 215 U.S. 278 (1909), UNITED STATES v. CELESTINE
• 228 U.S. 243 (1912), DONNELLY v. UNITED STATES
• 215 U.S. 291 (1909), UNITED STATES v. SUTTON
• 221 U.S. 317 (1910), HALLOWELL v. UNITED STATES
• 224 U.S. 413 (1911), HECKMAN v. UNITED STATES
• 140 U.S. 575 (1890), in re WILSON, PETITIONER
• 197 U.S. 488 (1904), MATTER OF HEFF
• 204 U.S. 458 (1906), MCKAY v. KALYTON
• 229 U.S. 226 (1912), UNITED STATES v. WRIGHT
• 188 U.S. 432 (1902), UNITED STATES v. RICKERT
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS
• 231 U.S. 28 (1913), UNITED STATES v. SANDOVAL

Case Cited In

• 241 U.S. 591 (1915), UNITED STATES v. NICE
• 246 U.S. 530 (1917), UNITED STATES v. SOLDANA et al.
• 254 U.S. 548 (1920), LOUIE v. UNITED STATES
• 271 U.S. 467 (1925), UNITED STATES v. RAMSEY et al.
• 290 U.S. 357 (1933), UNITED STATES v. CHAVEZ et al.
• 302 U.S. 535 (1937), UNITED STATES v. MCGOWAN et al.
• 308 U.S. 343 (1939), BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF JACKSON, KANSAS, v. UNITED STATES
• 316 U.S. 286 (1941), SEMINOLE NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 318 U.S. 206 (1942), UNITED STATES v. OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
• 327 U.S. 711 (1945), WILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES
• 420 U.S. 425 (1974), DECOTEAU, NATURAL MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND OF FEATHER et al. v. DISTRICT COUNTY COURT FOR THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
• 430 U.S. 584 (1976), ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE v. KNEIP, GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA, et al.
• 437 U.S. 634 (1977), UNITED STATES v. JOHN et al.
• 510 U.S. 399 (1993), ROBERT HAGEN v. UTAH
• 522 U.S. 520 (1997), ALASKA v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF VENETIE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT et al.