CHASE, JR., A MINOR, ETC. v. UNITED STATES

Citation

256 U.S. 1 (1920)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Joseph McKenna

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

• 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

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

Cited Cases

• 204 U.S. 415 (1906), WALLACE v. ADAMS
• 224 U.S. 640 (1911), GRITTS v. FISHER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, AND MACVEAGH, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
• 245 U.S. 89 (1917), UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS TRUSTEE AND GUARDIAN OF THE OMAHA TRIBE OF INDIANS, et al., v. CHASE
• 235 U.S. 441 (1914), SIZEMORE v. BRADY
• 187 U.S. 294 (1902), CHEROKEE NATION v. HITCHCOCK
• 174 U.S. 445 (1898), STEPHENS v. CHEROKEE NATION.
• 224 U.S. 665 (1911), CHOATE v. TRAPP, SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF OKLAHOMA

Case Cited In

• 256 U.S. 10 (1920), GILPIN, A MINOR, ETC. v. UNITED STATES
• 425 U.S. 649 (1975), NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE v. HOLLOWBREAST et al.