SEUFERT BROTHERS COMPANY v. UNITED STATES, AS TRUSTEE AND GUARDIAN OF THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIANS AND NATIONS, et al.

Citation

249 U.S. 194 (1918)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: John Clarke

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 , justice wrote an opinion

• 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

• Canons of Construction
• Natural Resources
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 119 U.S. 1 (1886), CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN
• 198 U.S. 371 (1904), UNITED STATES v. WINANS

Case Cited In

• 315 U.S. 681 (1941), TULEE v. STATE OF WASHINGTON
• 324 U.S. 335 (1944), NORTHWESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 391 U.S. 392 (1967), PUYALLUP TRIBE v. DEPARTMENT OF GAME OF WASHINGTON et al.
• 443 U.S. 658 (1978), WASHINGTON et al. v. WASHINGTON STATE COMMERCIAL PASSENGER FISHING VESSEL ASSOCIATION et al.
• 586 U.S. 347 (2018), WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING v. COUGAR DEN INC.