MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Citation

235 U.S. 37 (1914)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Oliver Holmes

Justices Participating

• Charles Hughes | voted with the majority or plurality

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• James McReynolds | 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 , justice wrote an opinion

• William Day | voted with the majority or plurality

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land

Cited Cases

• 204 U.S. 331 (1906), KANSAS v. UNITED STATES

Case Cited In

• 245 U.S. 436 (1917), UNITED STATES v. J.S. STEARNS LUMBER COMPANY