Muskrat v. United States

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Muskrat v. United States
by William R. Day
Syllabus

Muskrat v. United States, 219 U.S. 346 (1911), is a case that appears in virtually every constitutional law casebook published, because of its delineation of the authority of United States federal courts to hear certain kinds of cases.

846499Muskrat v. United States — SyllabusWilliam R. Day
Court Documents

United States Supreme Court

219 U.S. 346

David Muskrat  v.  United States

No. 330, 331.  Argued: November 30 and December 1 and 2, 1910. --- Decided: January 23, 1911.

David Muskrat and J. Henry Dick, on Their Own Behalf, etc., Appts., v. United States. No. 330.

William Brown and Levi B. Gritts, on Their Own Behalf, and on Behalf of All Other Cherokee Citizens Having Like Interest in the Property Allotted under the Act of July 1, 1902, Appts., v. United States. No. 331


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Messrs. Daniel B. Henderson, John J. Hemphill, William H. Robeson, and Frank J. Boudinot for appellants.

Messrs. Wade H. Ellis and Henry E. Colton for appellees.

Mr. William W. Hastings for the Cherokee Nation.

Messrs. S. T. Bledsoe and Evans Browne as amici curiae.

Mr. Charles West, in behalf of the state of Oklahoma.

Mr. Justice Day delivered the opinion of the court:

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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