WILLIAMS v. JOHNSON

Citation

239 U.S. 414 (1915)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Joseph McKenna

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 , justice wrote an opinion

• Joseph Lamar | other

• 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

• American Citizenship
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 221 U.S. 286 (1910), MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY
• 224 U.S. 448 (1911), MULLEN v. UNITED STATES
• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN
• 224 U.S. 665 (1911), CHOATE v. TRAPP, SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF OKLAHOMA

Case Cited In

• 241 U.S. 432 (1915), LEVINDALE LEAD AND ZINC MINING COMPANY v. COLEMAN
• 246 U.S. 227 (1917), EGAN v. MCDONALD
• 273 U.S. 195 (1926), JONES et al., TRUSTEES, v. PRAIRIE OIL AND GAS COMPANY