WILLIAMS, CHIEF, et al. v. CITY OF CHICAGO et al.

Citation

242 U.S. 434 (1916)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: James McReynolds

Justices Participating

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• James McReynolds | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• John Clarke | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality

• Louis Brandeis | 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

• Doctrine of Discovery
• Indian Country
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 21 U.S. 543 (1823), JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH
• 86 U.S. 591 (1873), UNITED STATES v. COOK
• 34 U.S. 711 (1835), COLIN MITCHEL, ROBERT MITCHEL, IN HIS OWN RIGHT, AND AS ASSIGNEE OF THE ESTATE AND EFFECTS OF THE MERCANTILE HOUSE HERETOFORE TRADING UNDER THE FIRM OF CARNOCHAN AND MITCHEL, AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE CREDITORS OF SAID FIRM, AND ALSO OF RICHARD CA
• 95 U.S. 517 (1877), BEECHER v. WETHERBY

Case Cited In

• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.