HEIRS OF GARLAND, DECEASED, v. CHOCTAW NATION

Citation

256 U.S. 439 (1920)

Decision : 6-0

Majority Opinion: Joseph McKenna

Justices Participating

• James McReynolds | other

• John Clarke | other

• 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

• Contracts
• Depredations/Individual Claims Against Tribal Nations
• Sovereign immunity

Case Cited In

• 272 U.S. 728 (1926), HEIRS OF SAMUEL GARLAND, DECEASED, v. CHOCTAW NATION