FINK et al., TRUSTEES &C., v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MUSKOGEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al.

Citation

248 U.S. 399 (1918)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Joseph McKenna

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 , justice wrote an opinion

• 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

• Land/allotment/grants of land
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 221 U.S. 286 (1910), MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY
• 203 U.S. 146 (1906), GOUDY v. MEATH
• 224 U.S. 665 (1911), CHOATE v. TRAPP, SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF OKLAHOMA
• 72 U.S. 737 (1866), THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE
• 188 U.S. 432 (1902), UNITED STATES v. RICKERT

Case Cited In

• 273 U.S. 195 (1926), JONES et al., TRUSTEES, v. PRAIRIE OIL AND GAS COMPANY