Legal Opinion

Warner Valley Stock Co. v. Smith

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 11, 1897No. 550PublishedCited by 106 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF Columbia. The cas.e is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray

This was a bill in equity, filed January 15, 1896, in the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia, by a corporation of the State of Oregon, against Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Interior, and Silas W. Lamoreux, Commissioner of the General Land Office, both alleged in the bill to be citizens and residents of the District of Columbia, and to be “sued for acts done and threatened by them in their official capacity respectively.”

The prayer of the bill was “that the said Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Interior, and Silas W. Lamoreux, Commissioner of the General Land Office, their subordinates and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Knight v. United States Land Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. United States v. SchurzSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. United States Ex Rel. International Contracting Co. v. LamontSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. United States v. BoutwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  5. Secretary v. McGarrahanSupreme Court of the United States · 1870

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3Cited by106 opinions

  1. Webster v. FallSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Williams v. FanningSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Denton v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. Miguel v. McCarlSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  5. Michigan Land & Lumber Co. v. RustSupreme Court of the United States · 1897

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