YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES (1926) - Ballotpedia

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YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1926
Important Dates
Argued: October 7, 1926
Decided: November 22, 1926
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 22, 1926. The case was argued before the court on October 7, 1926.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
Petitioner: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 272 U.S. 351
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: George Sutherland

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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