SISSETON AND WAHPETON BANDS OF SIOUX INDIANS v. UNITED STATES

Citation

277 U.S. 424 (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

• Claims against the U.S.
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 229 U.S. 498 (1912), UNITED STATES v. MILLE LAC BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
• 148 U.S. 427 (1892), UNITED STATES v. OLD SETTLERS.
• 187 U.S. 294 (1902), CHEROKEE NATION v. HITCHCOCK
• 174 U.S. 445 (1898), STEPHENS v. CHEROKEE NATION.
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK