Citation

58 U.S. 525

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Samuel Nelson

Justices Participating

  • Benjamin Curtis | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • John Campbell | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion
  • John Catron | 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
  • Peter Daniel | other

  • 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 an opinion

Categories

* Land/allotment/grants of land

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Subopinion 2

Subopinion 3

Case Cited In

  • 231 U.S. 28 UNITED STATES v. SANDOVA, 1913
  • 249 U.S. 110 LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ROSA, 1918
  • 348 U.S. 272 TEE-HIT-TON INDIANS v. UNITED STATES, 1954