JAYBIRD MINING COMPANY v. WEIR, COUNTY TREASURE

Citation

271 U.S. 609 (1925)

Decision : 7-2

Majority Opinion: Pierce Butler

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 | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Louis Brandeis | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• 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
• Natural Resources
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 103 U.S. 44 (1880), PENNOCK v. COMMISSIONERS
• 203 U.S. 146 (1906), GOUDY v. MEATH
• 240 U.S. 522 (1915), INDIAN TERRITORY ILLUMINATING OIL COMPANY v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA
• 256 U.S. 531 (1920), CHOCTAW, OKLAHOMA & GULF RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. MACKEY, AS COUNTY TREASURER OF HUGHES COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al.
• 200 U.S. 118 (1905), MONTANA CATHOLIC MISSIONS v. MISSOULA COUNTY
• 246 U.S. 263 (1917), MCCURDY, COUNTY TREASURER OF OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al. v. UNITED STATES
• 170 U.S. 588 (1897), WAGONER v. EVANS.
• 235 U.S. 292 (1914), CHOCTAW, OKLAHOMA & GULF RAILROAD COMPANY v. HARRISON, SHERIFF OF PITTSBURG COUNTY, OKLAHOM
• 237 U.S. 74 (1914), UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. NOBLE
• 169 U.S. 264 (1897), THOMAS v. GAY.
• 257 U.S. 501 (1921), GILLESPIE v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA
• 72 U.S. 737 (1866), THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE
• 188 U.S. 432 (1902), UNITED STATES v. RICKERT