MCCURDY, COUNTY TREASURER, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al. v. UNITED STATES

Citation

264 U.S. 484 (1923)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Pierce Butler

Justices Participating

• Edward Sanford | voted with the majority or plurality

• George Sutherland | voted with the majority or plurality

• James McReynolds | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality

• Louis Brandeis | voted with the majority or plurality

• Oliver Holmes | voted with the majority or plurality

• Pierce Butler | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• William Taft | voted with the majority or plurality

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 184 U.S. 169 (1901), LYKINS v. MCGRATH
• 72 U.S. 737 (1866), THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE
• 188 U.S. 432 (1902), UNITED STATES v. RICKERT

Case Cited In

• 270 U.S. 555 (1925), CHILDERS, STATE AUDITOR, v. BEAVER et al.
• 334 U.S. 717 (1947), WEST v. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION
• 412 U.S. 391 (1972), UNITED STATES v. MASON, ADMINISTRATOR, et al.