UNITED STATES EX REL. KNIGHT v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR (1913)

UNITED STATES EX REL. KNIGHT v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: March 5, 1913
	Decided: March 17, 1913
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES EX REL. KNIGHT v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 17, 1913. The case was argued before the court on March 5, 1913.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

^[1]

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: Department or Secretary of the Interior
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 228 U.S. 6
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: Willis Van Devanter

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.