JONES et al., TRUSTEES, v. PRAIRIE OIL AND GAS COMPANY

Citation

273 U.S. 195 (1926)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Oliver Holmes

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 , justice wrote an opinion

• 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

• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• States/Authority of states
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 246 U.S. 227 (1917), EGAN v. MCDONALD
• 248 U.S. 399 (1918), FINK et al., TRUSTEES &C., v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MUSKOGEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al.
• 239 U.S. 414 (1915), WILLIAMS v. JOHNSON