Fleming v. McCurtain
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA. The facts are stated in- the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a bill in equity purporting to be brought by and o:i behalf of some thirteen thousand persons “all persons of Choctaw or Chickasaw Indian blood and descent and members of a designated class of persons for whose exclusive use and benefit a special grant was made” of certain property in Oklahoma. The principal defendants are, the Secretary of the Interior; McCurtain, Chief of the Choctaws; Johnston, Governor of the Chickasaws, and all persons whose names appear with theirs on the rolls of “Citizens” of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations respectively, and all persons whose names appear…
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- Choctaw Nation v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Garfield v. United States Ex Rel. GoldsbySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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- United States v. GardnerDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1911
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