BREWER-ELLIOTT OIL & GAS COMPANY et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Citation

260 U.S. 77

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: William Taft

Justices Participating

• George Sutherland | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• James McReynolds | 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 Taft | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
• William Day | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

Categories

* Contracts

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Cited Cases

• 228 U.S. 243

• 258 U.S. 574

• 175 U.S. 1

• 203 U.S. 233

• 228 U.S. 708

• 224 U.S. 665

• 163 U.S. 504

Case Cited In

• 270 U.S. 49 UNITED STATES v. HOLT STATE BANK et al., 1925
• 302 U.S. 186 SILAS MASON CO. et al. v. TAX COMMISSION OF WASHINGTON et al., 1937
• 318 U.S. 206 UNITED STATES v. OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO., 1942
• 363 U.S. 229 UNITED STATES v. GRAND RIVER DAM AUTHORITY, 1959
• 397 U.S. 620 CHOCTAW NATION et al. v. OKLAHOMA et al., 1969
• 450 U.S. 544 MONTANA et al. v. UNITED STATES et al., 1980