WEST v. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION

Citation

334 U.S. 717 (1947)

Decision : 6-3

Majority Opinion: Francis Murphy

Justices Participating

• Felix Frankfurter | dissent

• Francis Murphy | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Fred Vinson | dissent

• Harold Burton | voted with the majority or plurality

• Hugo Black | voted with the majority or plurality

• Robert Jackson | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stanley Reed | voted with the majority or plurality

• Wiley Rutledge | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Douglas | dissent

Categories

• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 241 U.S. 432 (1915), LEVINDALE LEAD AND ZINC MINING COMPANY v. COLEMAN
• 264 U.S. 484 (1923), MCCURDY, COUNTY TREASURER, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al. v. UNITED STATES
• 283 U.S. 691 (1930), CHOTEAU v. BURNET, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
• 271 U.S. 467 (1925), UNITED STATES v. RAMSEY et al.
• 188 U.S. 432 (1902), UNITED STATES v. RICKERT
• 318 U.S. 705 (1942), BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS et al. v. SEBER et al.

Case Cited In

• 412 U.S. 391 (1972), UNITED STATES v. MASON, ADMINISTRATOR, et al.