WARD et al. v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF LOVE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

Citation

253 U.S. 17 (1919)

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

• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 224 U.S. 665 (1911), CHOATE v. TRAPP, SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF OKLAHOMA

Case Cited In

• 277 U.S. 302 (1927), MCCOY v. SHAW, STATE AUDITOR, et al.
• 280 U.S. 363 (1929), CARPENTER et al. v. SHAW, STATE AUDITOR OF OKLAHOMA
• 308 U.S. 343 (1939), BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF JACKSON, KANSAS, v. UNITED STATES
• 319 U.S. 474 (1942), COUNTY OF MAHNOMEN v. UNITED STATES
• 411 U.S. 164 (1972), MCCLANAHAN v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION