LA MOTTE et al. v. UNITED STATES

Citation

254 U.S. 570

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Willis Van Devanter

Justices Participating

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• James McReynolds | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• John Clarke | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Louis Brandeis | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Mahlon Pitney | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Oliver Holmes | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• William Day | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

* Land/allotment/grants of land

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Cited Cases

• 241 U.S. 432

• 246 U.S. 263

• 224 U.S. 413

• 250 U.S. 58

• 251 U.S. 128

• 235 U.S. 42

Case Cited In

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