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

Justices Participating

• Roger Taney | voted with majority or plurality

• John McLean | voted with majority or plurality

• James Wayne | voted with majority or plurality

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

• Peter Daniel | voted with majority or plurality

• Samuel Nelson | voted with majority or plurality

• Robert Grier | voted with majority or plurality

• Benjamin Curtis | voted with majority or plurality

Categories

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

Cited Cases

Case Cited In

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