SMITH v. MCCULLOUGH et al.

Citation

270 U.S. 456 (1925)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Willis Van Devanter

Justices Participating

• Edward Sanford | voted with the majority or plurality

• George Sutherland | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harlan Stone | voted with the majority or plurality

• James McReynolds | 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 , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Contracts
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 225 U.S. 561 (1911), SHULTHIS v. MCDOUGAL
• 235 U.S. 99 (1914), SAGE v. HAMPE
• 235 U.S. 42 (1914), TAYLOR v. PARKER
• 266 U.S. 511 (1924), NORTON et al. v. LARNEY, A MINOR, et al.
• 237 U.S. 74 (1914), UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. NOBLE
• 264 U.S. 16 (1923), BARNETT et al. v. KUNKEL et al.