THE UNITED STATES. APPELLANTS v. STEPHEN D. FERNANDEZ AND OTHERS

Citation

35 U.S. 303 (1836)

Decision : 5-0

Justices Participating

• Joseph Story | voted with majority or plurality

• Smith Thompson | voted with majority or plurality

• John McLean | voted with majority or plurality

• Henry Baldwin | voted with majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• James Wayne | voted with majority or plurality

Categories

• Doctrine of Discovery
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• International law
• Land/allotment/grants of land

Cited Cases

• 21 U.S. 543 (1823), JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH
• 34 U.S. 711 (1835), COLIN MITCHEL, ROBERT MITCHEL, IN HIS OWN RIGHT, AND AS ASSIGNEE OF THE ESTATE AND EFFECTS OF THE MERCANTILE HOUSE HERETOFORE TRADING UNDER THE FIRM OF CARNOCHAN AND MITCHEL, AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE CREDITORS OF SAID FIRM, AND ALSO OF RICHARD CA