UNITED STATES v. MASON, ADMINISTRATOR, et al.

Citation

412 U.S. 391 (1972)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Thurgood Marshall

Justices Participating

• Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harry Blackmun | voted with the majority or plurality

• Lewis Powell | voted with the majority or plurality

• Potter Stewart | voted with the majority or plurality

• Thurgood Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Warren Burger | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Rehnquist | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Brennan | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Douglas | concurrence

Categories

• Claims against the U.S.
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 264 U.S. 484 (1923), MCCURDY, COUNTY TREASURER, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, et al. v. UNITED STATES
• 411 U.S. 164 (1972), MCCLANAHAN v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION
• 390 U.S. 365 (1967), POAFPYBITTY et al. v. SKELLY OIL CO.
• 351 U.S. 1 (1955), SQUIRE, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. CAPOEMAN ET UX.
• 316 U.S. 286 (1941), SEMINOLE NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 188 U.S. 432 (1902), UNITED STATES v. RICKERT
• 334 U.S. 717 (1947), WEST v. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION

Case Cited In

• 445 U.S. 535 (1979), UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al.
• 463 U.S. 206 (1982), UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al.
• 537 U.S. 465 (2002), UNITED STATES v. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE