LA MOTTE et al. v. UNITED STATES

Citation

254 U.S. 570 (1920)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Willis Van Devanter

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

• 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 , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 241 U.S. 432 (1915), LEVINDALE LEAD AND ZINC MINING COMPANY v. COLEMAN
• 246 U.S. 263 (1917), MCCURDY, COUNTY TREASURER OF OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al. v. UNITED STATES
• 224 U.S. 413 (1911), HECKMAN v. UNITED STATES
• 250 U.S. 58 (1918), KENNY v. MILES et al.
• 251 U.S. 128 (1919), UNITED STATES v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al.
• 235 U.S. 42 (1914), TAYLOR v. PARKER

Case Cited In

• 256 U.S. 484 (1920), UNITED STATES v. BOWLING et al.
• 256 U.S. 201 (1920), PRIVETT et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 270 U.S. 181 (1925), UNITED STATES v. MINNESOTA
• 308 U.S. 343 (1939), BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF JACKSON, KANSAS, v. UNITED STATES