ASH SHEEP COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Citation

252 U.S. 159 (1919)

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

• Indian Country
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 179 U.S. 494 (1900), UNITED STATES v. CHOCTAW NATION AND CHICKASAW NATION
• 229 U.S. 498 (1912), UNITED STATES v. MILLE LAC BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
• 185 U.S. 373 (1901), MINNESOTA v. HITCHCOCK

Case Cited In

• 420 U.S. 425 (1974), DECOTEAU, NATURAL MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND OF FEATHER et al. v. DISTRICT COUNTY COURT FOR THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
• 430 U.S. 584 (1976), ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE v. KNEIP, GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA, et al.
• 465 U.S. 463 (1983), SOLEM, WARDEN, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE PENITENTIARY, et al. v. BARTLETT
• 523 U.S. 696 (1997), MONTANA, et al. v. CROW TRIBE OF INDIANS et al.