UNITED STATES v. CHAVEZ et al.

Citation

290 U.S. 357 (1933)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Willis Van Devanter

Justices Participating

• Benjamin Cardozo | voted with the majority or plurality

• Charles Hughes | 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

• Owen Roberts | 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

• Criminal jurisdiction
• General Crimes Act
• Indian Country
• Indianness/Identity
• Plenary Power
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 94 U.S. 614 (1876), UNITED STATES v. JOSEPH
• 225 U.S. 551 (1911), CLAIRMONT v. UNITED STATES
• 271 U.S. 432 (1925), UNITED STATES v. CANDELARIA et al.
• 228 U.S. 243 (1912), DONNELLY v. UNITED STATES
• 232 U.S. 442 (1913), UNITED STATES v. PELICAN
• 180 U.S. 261 (1900), MONTOYA v. UNITED STATES
• 271 U.S. 467 (1925), UNITED STATES v. RAMSEY et al.
• 231 U.S. 28 (1913), UNITED STATES v. SANDOVAL

Case Cited In

• 324 U.S. 786 (1944), RICE v. OLSON, WARDEN
• 327 U.S. 711 (1945), WILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES
• 411 U.S. 164 (1972), MCCLANAHAN v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION
• 472 U.S. 237 (1984), MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ANA