United States v. Halbert’s Empirical Analysis
38 F.2d 795 · 1930
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 25 U.S.C. § 184 · 25 U.S.C. § 331 (White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act of 1985) · 25 U.S.C. § 345
Relies on Oakes v. United States · Lemieux v. United States · Pape v. United States
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * to all members of the Hoh, Quileute, Ozette or other tribes of Indians in Washington who are affiliated with the Quinaielt and Quileute tribes in the treaty of July first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and January twenty-third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and who may elect to take allotments on the Quinaielt Reservation rather than on the reservations set aside for these tribes: Provided, That the allotments authorized herein shall be made from the surplus lands on the Quinaielt Reservation after the allotments to the Indians thereon have been completed. [Ch. 246, 36 Stat. 1346 (1911).]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“as are willing to avail themselves of the privilege and will locate on the same as a permanent home”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.