Citation

51 U.S. 442

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: James Wayne

Justices Participating

  • 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 an opinion
  • Levi Woodbury | 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 no opinion
  • Robert Grier | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Samuel Nelson | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

Categories

* Land/allotment/grants of land

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Case Cited In

  • 60 U.S. 366 JOSEPH FELLOWS, SURVIVOR OF ROBERT KENDLE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. SUSAN BLACKSMITH AND ELY S. PARKER, ADMINISTRATORS OF JOHN BLACKSMITH, DECEASED, 1856
  • 170 U.S. 1 NEW YORK INDIANS v. UNITED STATES, 1897
  • 175 U.S. 1 JONES v. MEEHAN, 1899
  • 270 U.S. 181 UNITED STATES v. MINNESOTA, 1925