SHAW, AUDITOR, v. GIBSON-ZAHNISER OIL CORPORATION et al.

Citation

276 U.S. 575 (1927)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Harlan Stone

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 , justice wrote an opinion

• 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

• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 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.
• 246 U.S. 263 (1917), MCCURDY, COUNTY TREASURER OF OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al. v. UNITED STATES
• 235 U.S. 292 (1914), CHOCTAW, OKLAHOMA & GULF RAILROAD COMPANY v. HARRISON, SHERIFF OF PITTSBURG COUNTY, OKLAHOM
• 257 U.S. 501 (1921), GILLESPIE v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA
• 221 U.S. 286 (1910), MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY
• 266 U.S. 226 (1924), SUNDERLAND v. UNITED STATES

Case Cited In

• 280 U.S. 363 (1929), CARPENTER et al. v. SHAW, STATE AUDITOR OF OKLAHOMA
• 283 U.S. 691 (1930), CHOTEAU v. BURNET, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
• 295 U.S. 418 (1934), SUPERINTENDENT OF FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
• 318 U.S. 705 (1942), BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS et al. v. SEBER et al.
• 336 U.S. 342 (1948), OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. TEXAS COMPANY
• 362 U.S. 99 (1959), FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. TUSCARORA INDIAN NATION
• 411 U.S. 145 (1972), MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE v. JONES, COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF REVENUE OF NEW MEXICO, et al.
• 447 U.S. 134 (1979), WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION et al.