STEWART v. KEYES et al.

Citation

295 U.S. 403 (1934)

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

• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indianness/Identity
• Laches (statute of limitations)
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 235 U.S. 417 (1914), ADKINS v. ARNOLD
• 235 U.S. 206 (1914), SKELTON v. DILL
• 246 U.S. 104 (1917), TALLEY v. BURGESS et al.
• 254 U.S. 103 (1920), HARRIS, FORMERLY FRANCIS, et al. v. BELL et al.

Case Cited In

• 322 U.S. 363 (1943), UNITED STATES v. HELLARD
• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.