SAMUEL MARSH, WILLIAM E. LEE, AND EDWARD C. DELAVAN, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. EDWARD BROOKS, AND VIRGINIA C. HIS WIFE, CHARLES P. BILLON, AND FRANCIS E. HIS WIFE, WALTER G. REDDICK, AND DABNEY C. REDDICK

Citation

55 U.S. 513 (1852)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: John Catron

Justices Participating

• Benjamin Curtis | voted with the majority or plurality

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

• John McLean | voted with the majority or plurality

• James Wayne | voted with the majority or plurality

• Peter Daniel | voted with the majority or plurality

• Roger Taney | voted with the majority or plurality

• Robert Grier | voted with the majority or plurality

• Samuel Nelson | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

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

Case Cited In

• 314 U.S. 339 (1941), UNITED STATES, AS GUARDIAN OF THE HUALPAI INDIANS OF ARIZONA, v. SANTA FE PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.