WINTON, ADMINISTRATOR OF WINTON, et al. v. AMOS AND OTHERS, KNOWN AS THE MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAWS

Citation

255 U.S. 373 (1920)

Decision : 7-0

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 | other

Categories

• American Citizenship
• Contracts
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indianness/Identity
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 221 U.S. 286 (1910), MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY
• 174 U.S. 445 (1898), STEPHENS v. CHEROKEE NATION.
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK

Case Cited In

• 322 U.S. 363 (1943), UNITED STATES v. HELLARD
• 435 U.S. 313 (1977), UNITED STATES v. WHEELER
• 437 U.S. 634 (1977), UNITED STATES v. JOHN et al.
• 455 U.S. 130 (1981), MERRION et al., DBA MERRION & BAYLESS, et al. v. JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE et al.
• 564 U.S. 162 (2010), UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. JICARILLA APACHE NATION
• 579 U.S. 140 (2015), UNITED STATES v. BRYANT