UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS TRUSTEE AND GUARDIAN OF THE OMAHA TRIBE OF INDIANS, et al., v. CHASE

Citation

245 U.S. 89 (1917)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Willis Van Devanter

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

• 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 , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 66 U.S. 352 (1861), CREWS et al. VS. BURCHAM et al.
• 163 U.S. 56 (1895), WIGGAN v. CONOLLY

Case Cited In

• 250 U.S. 58 (1918), KENNY v. MILES et al.
• 253 U.S. 442 (1919), NADEAU et al. v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
• 256 U.S. 1 (1920), CHASE, JR., A MINOR, ETC. v. UNITED STATES
• 276 U.S. 431 (1927), LARKIN v. PAUGH et al.