MERRIT MARTIN AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. THE LESSEE OF WILLIAM C. H. WADDELL, DEFENDANT IN ERROR

Citation

41 U.S. 367

Decision : 7-2

Majority Opinion: Roger Taney

Justices Participating

• Henry Baldwin | dissent , justice wrote no opinion
• John Catron | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• John McKinley | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• John McLean | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• James Wayne | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Joseph Story | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Peter Daniel | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Roger Taney | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
• Smith Thompson | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

* Doctrine of Discovery

Subopinions

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Cited Cases

• 21 U.S. 543

• 41 U.S. 367

Case Cited In

• 41 U.S. 367 MERRIT MARTIN AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. THE LESSEE OF WILLIAM C. H. WADDELL, DEFENDANT IN ERROR, 1842
• 228 U.S. 243 DONNELLY v. UNITED STATES, 1912
• 329 U.S. 40 UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL., 1946
• 348 U.S. 272 TEE-HIT-TON INDIANS v. UNITED STATES, 1954
• 397 U.S. 620 CHOCTAW NATION et al. v. OKLAHOMA et al., 1969
• 430 U.S. 584 ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE v. KNEIP, GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA, et al., 1976
• 450 U.S. 544 MONTANA et al. v. UNITED STATES et al., 1980
• 480 U.S. 700 UNITED STATES v. CHEROKEE NATION OF OKLAHOMA, 1986
• 521 U.S. 261 IDAHO, et al. v. COEUR D’ALENE TRIBE OF IDAHO, ETC., et al., 1996