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UNITED STATES v. THE CHOCTAW NATION AND THE CHICKASAW NATION (1904)

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UNITED STATES v. THE CHOCTAW NATION AND THE CHICKASAW NATION |
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Term: 1903 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 26, 1904 |
Decided: February 23, 1904 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White |
UNITED STATES v. THE CHOCTAW NATION AND THE CHICKASAW NATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1904. The case was argued before the court on January 26, 1904.
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: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 193 U.S. 115
- 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: 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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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