HEIRS OF GARLAND, DECEASED, v. CHOCTAW NATION (1921) - Ballotpedia

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HEIRS OF GARLAND, DECEASED, v. CHOCTAW NATION

Term: 1920
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1921
Decided: June 1, 1921
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter

HEIRS OF GARLAND, DECEASED, v. CHOCTAW NATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1921. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1921.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 256 U.S. 439
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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