SPERRY OIL & GAS COMPANY et al. v. CHISHOLM et al.

Citation

264 U.S. 488 (1923)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Edward Sanford

Justices Participating

• Edward Sanford | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• 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

• William Taft | voted with the majority or plurality

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Contracts
• Domestic Dependent Nations
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 236 U.S. 223 (1914), TRUSKETT v. CLOSSE
• 263 U.S. 250 (1923), BUNCH v. COLE et al.
• 256 U.S. 319 (1920), BLANSET v. CARDIN, AS GUARDIAN OF DAY-LIGHT, A MINOR, et al.
• 224 U.S. 413 (1911), HECKMAN v. UNITED STATES
• 70 U.S. 407 (1865), UNITED STATES v. HOLLIDAY
• 221 U.S. 286 (1910), MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY
• 242 U.S. 371 (1916), DICKSON v. LUCK LAND COMPANY

Case Cited In

• 266 U.S. 226 (1924), SUNDERLAND v. UNITED STATES
• 270 U.S. 555 (1925), CHILDERS, STATE AUDITOR, v. BEAVER et al.
• 308 U.S. 343 (1939), BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF JACKSON, KANSAS, v. UNITED STATES