WILLIAM PATTERSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. THE REv. WILLIS JENKS et al. DEFENDANTS IN ERROR

Citation

27 U.S. 216 (1829)

Decision : 6-0

Majority Opinion: John Marshall

Justices Participating

• Bushrod Washington | voted with the majority or plurality

• Gabriel Duvall | 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

• Smith Thompson | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Johnson | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Land/allotment/grants of land
• States/Authority of states
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 22 U.S. 673 (1824), DANFORTH v. WEAR

Case Cited In

• 34 U.S. 663 (1835), ELISHA WINN AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. WILLIAM PATTERSON
• 39 U.S. 4 (1840), LESSEE OF MARGARET LATTIMER AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, VS. WILLIAM POTEET, DEFENDANT IN ERROR
• 40 U.S. 52 (1841), COLIN MITCHEL AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEES