UNITED STATES v. OMAHA TRIBE OF INDIANS

Citation

253 U.S. 275 (1919)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Mahlon Pitney

Justices Participating

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• James McReynolds | other

• 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 , justice wrote an opinion

• 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

• Claims against the U.S.
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 232 U.S. 110 (1913), ROSS v. DAY
• 148 U.S. 427 (1892), UNITED STATES v. OLD SETTLERS.

Case Cited In

• 390 U.S. 468 (1967), PEORIA TRIBE OF INDIANS OF OKLAHOMA et al. v. UNITED STATES
• 402 U.S. 159 (1970), UNITED STATES v. SOUTHERN UTE TRIBE OR BAND OF INDIANS
• 442 U.S. 653 (1978), WILSON et al. v. OMAHA INDIAN TRIBE et al.