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STEWART v. UNITED STATES AND THE OSAGE NATION (1907)

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STEWART v. UNITED STATES AND THE OSAGE NATION
Term: 1906
Important Dates
Argued: April 12, 1907
Decided: May 13, 1907
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

STEWART v. UNITED STATES AND THE OSAGE NATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 1907. The case was argued before the court on April 12, 1907.

In an 8-0 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: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 206 U.S. 185
  • 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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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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