DUNCAN TOWNSITE COMPANY v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

Citation

245 U.S. 308 (1917)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Louis Brandeis

Justices Participating

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• James McReynolds | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Clarke | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality

• Louis Brandeis | 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 | voted with the majority or plurality

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties
• Tribal citizenship

Cited Cases

• 228 U.S. 6 (1912), UNITED STATES EX REL. KNIGHT v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
• 244 U.S. 111 (1916), UNITED STATES v. WILDCAT, A MINOR, et al.
• 216 U.S. 240 (1909), BALLINGER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES EX REL. FROST
• 222 U.S. 204 (1911), UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EX REL. TURNER v. FISHER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
• 223 U.S. 95 (1911), UNITED STATES EX REL. LOWE v. FISHER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
• 238 U.S. 284 (1914), WOODWARD v. DE GRAFFENRIED
• 174 U.S. 445 (1898), STEPHENS v. CHEROKEE NATION.
• 211 U.S. 249 (1908), GARFIELD, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES EX REL. GOLDSBY

Case Cited In

• 266 U.S. 481 (1924), MORRISON, JR., et al. v. WORK, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al.