Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Joins

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 9, 1903No. 12, OriginalPublishedCited by 8 opinions

PETITION FOR Á WRIT OF PROHIBITION AND FOR CERTIORARI AGAINST THE CHOCTAW AND CHICKASAW CITIZENSHIP COURT. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes

This is a petition for a writ of prohibition, and for a writ, of certiorari in aid of the same, to the members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Citizenship Court established by an agreement between the United States and the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations made on March 21, 1902, and ratified by an act of Congress .of July 1,1902, 32 Stat. 641, c. 1362. By §31 of the act the two nations were authorized to file a bill in equity in the said court to annul, on certain grounds of law, decrees of United States courts in the Indian Territory, whereby certain persons were admitted to citizenship in those…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jones v. MeehanSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  2. Stephens v. Cherokee NationSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  3. In Re ChetwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. Ex Parte City BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
  5. Gordon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1864

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3Cited by8 opinions

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  4. Marsh v. Goldthorpe, MayorOhio Supreme Court · 1930
  5. In re Jessie's HeirsDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1919

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