LESSEE OF MARGARET LATTIMER AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, VS. WILLIAM POTEET, DEFENDANT IN ERROR

Citation

39 U.S. 4 (1840)

Decision : 6-2

Justices Participating

• Roger Taney | special concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• Joseph Story | voted with majority or plurality

• Smith Thompson | voted with majority or plurality

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

• Henry Baldwin | voted with majority or plurality

• James Wayne | dissent

• Philip Barbour | voted with majority or plurality

• John Catron | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• John McKinley | did not vote

Categories

• Indian Country
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• U.S. Constitution

Cited Cases

• 27 U.S. 216 (1829), WILLIAM PATTERSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. THE REv. WILLIS JENKS et al. DEFENDANTS IN ERROR

Case Cited In

• 414 U.S. 661 (1973), ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al.
• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.