CHOCTAW, OKLAHOMA & GULF RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. MACKEY, AS COUNTY TREASURER OF HUGHES COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al.

Citation

256 U.S. 531 (1920)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Louis Brandeis

Justices Participating

• 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 , justice wrote an opinion

• 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

• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes

Cited Cases

• 156 U.S. 347 (1894), MARICOPA AND PHOENIX RAILROAD COMPANY v. ARIZONA TERRITORY
• 169 U.S. 264 (1897), THOMAS v. GAY.
• 235 U.S. 292 (1914), CHOCTAW, OKLAHOMA & GULF RAILROAD COMPANY v. HARRISON, SHERIFF OF PITTSBURG COUNTY, OKLAHOM
• 240 U.S. 522 (1915), INDIAN TERRITORY ILLUMINATING OIL COMPANY v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA

Case Cited In

• 271 U.S. 609 (1925), JAYBIRD MINING COMPANY v. WEIR, COUNTY TREASURE
• 276 U.S. 575 (1927), SHAW, AUDITOR, v. GIBSON-ZAHNISER OIL CORPORATION et al.
• 288 U.S. 325 (1932), INDIAN TERRITORY ILLUMINATING OIL CO. v. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF TULSA COUNTY
• 300 U.S. 1 (1936), TABER, TREASURER OF PAYNE COUNTY, v. INDIAN TERRITORY ILLUMINATING OIL CO.
• 336 U.S. 342 (1948), OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. TEXAS COMPANY
• 411 U.S. 145 (1972), MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE v. JONES, COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF REVENUE OF NEW MEXICO, et al.