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

Citation

41 U.S. 367 (1842)

Decision : 7-2

Majority Opinion: Roger Taney

Justices Participating

• Henry Baldwin | dissent

• John Catron | voted with the majority or plurality

• John McKinley | voted with the majority or plurality

• John McLean | voted with the majority or plurality

• James Wayne | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph Story | voted with the majority or plurality

• Peter Daniel | voted with the majority or plurality

• Roger Taney | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Smith Thompson | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Doctrine of Discovery
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• International law

Cited Cases

• 21 U.S. 543 (1823), JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH

Case Cited In

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• 329 U.S. 40 (1946), UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.
• 348 U.S. 272 (1954), TEE-HIT-TON INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 397 U.S. 620 (1969), CHOCTAW NATION et al. v. OKLAHOMA et al.
• 430 U.S. 584 (1976), ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE v. KNEIP, GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA, et al.
• 450 U.S. 544 (1980), MONTANA et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 480 U.S. 700 (1986), UNITED STATES v. CHEROKEE NATION OF OKLAHOMA
• 521 U.S. 261 (1996), IDAHO, et al. v. COEUR D’ALENE TRIBE OF IDAHO, ETC., et al.