UNITED STATES v. RAMSEY et al.

Citation

271 U.S. 467 (1925)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: George Sutherland

Justices Participating

• Edward Sanford | voted with the majority or plurality

• George Sutherland | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• 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

Categories

• Criminal jurisdiction
• General Crimes Act
• Indian Country
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 164 U.S. 240 (1896), DRAPER v. UNITED STATES
• 215 U.S. 278 (1909), UNITED STATES v. CELESTINE
• 228 U.S. 243 (1912), DONNELLY v. UNITED STATES
• 232 U.S. 442 (1913), UNITED STATES v. PELICAN
• 251 U.S. 128 (1919), UNITED STATES v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al.
• 197 U.S. 488 (1904), MATTER OF HEFF
• 241 U.S. 591 (1915), UNITED STATES v. NICE
• 256 U.S. 484 (1920), UNITED STATES v. BOWLING et al.
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS
• 104 U.S. 621 (1881), UNITED STATES v. MCBRATNEY

Case Cited In

• 290 U.S. 357 (1933), UNITED STATES v. CHAVEZ et al.
• 302 U.S. 535 (1937), UNITED STATES v. MCGOWAN et al.
• 318 U.S. 705 (1942), BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS et al. v. SEBER et al.
• 327 U.S. 711 (1945), WILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES
• 326 U.S. 496 (1945), NEW YORK EX REL. RAY v. MARTIN, WARDEN
• 334 U.S. 717 (1947), WEST v. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION
• 411 U.S. 164 (1972), MCCLANAHAN v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION