MEIGS AND AL v. M'CLUNG'S LESSEE

Citation

13 U.S. 11 (1815)

Decision : 5-0

Majority Opinion: John Marshall

Justices Participating

• Bushrod Washington | voted with the majority or plurality

• Gabriel Duvall | voted with the majority or plurality

• Henry Livingston | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Joseph Story | voted with the majority or plurality

• Thomas Todd | other

• William Johnson | other

Categories

• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties

Case Cited In

• 30 U.S. 1 (1831), THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 38 U.S. 195 (1839), MERIWETHER L. CLARK, EXECUTOR, AND WILLIAM P. CLARK, GEORGE R. H. CLARK, AND JEFFERSON KENNERLY CLARK, AN INFANT UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND NEXT FRIEND, THE SAID GEORGE R. H. CLARK, HEIRS AT LAW OF WILLIAM
• 84 U.S. 211 (1872), HOLDEN v. JOY