MORRISON, JR., et al. v. WORK, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al.

Citation

266 U.S. 481 (1924)

Decision : 9-0

Justices Participating

• William Taft | voted with majority or plurality

• Joseph McKenna | voted with majority or plurality

• Oliver Holmes | voted with majority or plurality

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with majority or plurality

• James McReynolds | voted with majority or plurality

• Louis Brandeis | voted with majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• George Sutherland | voted with majority or plurality

• Pierce Butler | voted with majority or plurality

• Edward Sanford | voted with majority or plurality

Categories

• Claims against the U.S.
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 185 U.S. 373 (1901), MINNESOTA v. HITCHCOCK
• 264 U.S. 446 (1923), UNITED STATES v. PAYNE
• 248 U.S. 354 (1918), TURNER v. UNITED STATES AND CREEK NATION OF INDIAN
• 223 U.S. 215 (1911), FAIRBANKS v. UNITED STATES
• 210 U.S. 50 (1907), REUBEN QUICK BEAR v. LEUPP, COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
• 245 U.S. 308 (1917), DUNCAN TOWNSITE COMPANY v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
• 243 U.S. 452 (1916), UNITED STATES v. WALLER et al.
• 202 U.S. 473 (1905), NAGANAB v. HITCHCOCK
• 234 U.S. 422 (1913), JOHNSON v. GEARLDS
• 246 U.S. 214 (1917), LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MORRISON, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF AND ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CHIPPEWA TRIBE OF INDIANS IN MINNESOTA SIMILARLY SITUATED
• 229 U.S. 498 (1912), UNITED STATES v. MILLE LAC BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
• 239 U.S. 62 (1915), LA ROQUE v. UNITED STATES

Case Cited In

• 442 U.S. 653 (1978), WILSON et al. v. OMAHA INDIAN TRIBE et al.