NADEAU et al. v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

Citation

253 U.S. 442 (1919)

Decision : 5-1

Majority Opinion: James McReynolds

Justices Participating

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• James McReynolds | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• John Clarke | dissent

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality

• Louis Brandeis | other

• Mahlon Pitney | other

• Oliver Holmes | other

• William Day | voted with the majority or plurality

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Indian Country
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 95 U.S. 517 (1877), BEECHER v. WETHERBY
• 243 U.S. 464 (1916), UNITED STATES v. ROWELL et al.
• 245 U.S. 89 (1917), UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS TRUSTEE AND GUARDIAN OF THE OMAHA TRIBE OF INDIANS, et al., v. CHASE
• 225 U.S. 582 (1911), KINDRED v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
• 135 U.S. 641 (1889), CHEROKEE NATION v. SOUTHERN KANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY

Case Cited In

• 276 U.S. 431 (1927), LARKIN v. PAUGH et al.
• 414 U.S. 661 (1973), ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al.