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PRICE v. UNITED STATES AND OSAGE INDIANS (1899)

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PRICE v. UNITED STATES AND OSAGE INDIANS
Term: 1898
Important Dates
Argued: April 19, 1899
Decided: May 15, 1899
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanGeorge Shiras
Dissenting
Joseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

PRICE v. UNITED STATES AND OSAGE INDIANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1899. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1899.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 174 U.S. 373
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: David Josiah Brewer

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 liberal.

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