PIGEON RIVER IMPROVEMENT, SLIDE & BOOM CO. v. CHARLES W. COX, LTD.

Citation

291 U.S. 138 (1933)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Charles Hughes

Justices Participating

• Benjamin Cardozo | voted with the majority or plurality

• Charles Hughes | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• 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

Categories

• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 264 U.S. 446 (1923), UNITED STATES v. PAYNE
• 78 U.S. 616 (1870), THE CHEROKEE TOBACCO

Case Cited In

• 391 U.S. 404 (1967), MENOMINEE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 439 U.S. 463 (1978), WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED BANDS AND TRIBES OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION
• 476 U.S. 734 (1985), UNITED STATES v. DION