INDIAN TERRITORY ILLUMINATING OIL COMPANY v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA

Citation

240 U.S. 522 (1915)

Decision : 7-0

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

• Mahlon Pitney | voted with the majority or plurality

• Oliver Holmes | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Day | other

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• Taxes

Cited Cases

• 235 U.S. 292 (1914), CHOCTAW, OKLAHOMA & GULF RAILROAD COMPANY v. HARRISON, SHERIFF OF PITTSBURG COUNTY, OKLAHOM

Case Cited In

• 256 U.S. 531 (1920), CHOCTAW, OKLAHOMA & GULF RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. MACKEY, AS COUNTY TREASURER OF HUGHES COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al.
• 257 U.S. 501 (1921), GILLESPIE v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA
• 271 U.S. 609 (1925), JAYBIRD MINING COMPANY v. WEIR, COUNTY TREASURE
• 275 U.S. 232 (1927), HEINER, COLLECTOR, v. COLONIAL TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR
• 276 U.S. 575 (1927), SHAW, AUDITOR, v. GIBSON-ZAHNISER OIL CORPORATION et al.
• 288 U.S. 325 (1932), INDIAN TERRITORY ILLUMINATING OIL CO. v. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF TULSA COUNTY
• 296 U.S. 521 (1935), OKLAHOMA ex rel. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION et al. v. BARNSDALL REFINERIES, INC. et al.
• 336 U.S. 342 (1948), OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. TEXAS COMPANY
• 447 U.S. 134 (1979), WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION et al.