MOTT v. UNITED STATES

Citation

283 U.S. 747 (1930)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Willis Van Devanter

Justices Participating

• Charles Hughes | voted with the majority or plurality

• George Sutherland | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harlan Stone | other

• James McReynolds | voted with the majority or plurality

• Louis Brandeis | voted with the majority or plurality

• Owen Roberts | voted with the majority or plurality

• Oliver Holmes | voted with the majority or plurality

• Pierce Butler | voted with the majority or plurality

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 224 U.S. 665 (1911), CHOATE v. TRAPP, SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF OKLAHOMA
• 208 U.S. 527 (1907), STARR v. CAMPBELL
• 266 U.S. 226 (1924), SUNDERLAND v. UNITED STATES
• 249 U.S. 110 (1918), LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ROSA

Case Cited In

• 305 U.S. 415 (1938), UNITED STATES v. ALGOMA LUMBER CO.