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

Citation

242 U.S. 434 (1916)

Decision : 9-0

Justices Participating

• Edward White | voted with majority or plurality

• Joseph McKenna | voted with majority or plurality

• Oliver Holmes | voted with majority or plurality

• William Day | voted with majority or plurality

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with majority or plurality

• Mahlon Pitney | voted with majority or plurality

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

• Louis Brandeis | voted with majority or plurality

• John Clarke | voted with 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
• 95 U.S. 517 (1877), BEECHER v. WETHERBY
• 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
• 86 U.S. 591 (1873), UNITED STATES v. COOK

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.