HALLOWELL v. COMMONS, ACTING INDIAN AGENT

Citation

239 U.S. 506 (1915)

Decision : 8-0

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

• 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 Agents/Administrative law
• Jurisdiction (other)
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 221 U.S. 286 (1910), MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY
• 221 U.S. 317 (1910), HALLOWELL v. UNITED STATES
• 204 U.S. 458 (1906), MCKAY v. KALYTON

Case Cited In

• 246 U.S. 227 (1917), EGAN v. MCDONALD
• 256 U.S. 484 (1920), UNITED STATES v. BOWLING et al.
• 270 U.S. 243 (1925), FIRST MOON v. WHITE TAIL AND UNITED STATES
• 270 U.S. 555 (1925), CHILDERS, STATE AUDITOR, v. BEAVER et al.
• 583 U.S. 244 (2017), PATCHAK v. ZINKE