REX, ADMINISTRATRIX OF IVIE, v. UNITED STATES AND UTE INDIANS (1920)

REX, ADMINISTRATRIX OF IVIE, v. UNITED STATES AND UTE INDIANS
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Argued: January 13, 1920
	Decided: January 26, 1920
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

REX, ADMINISTRATRIX OF IVIE, v. UNITED STATES AND UTE INDIANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 26, 1920. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1920.

In a 9-0 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.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 251 U.S. 382
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.