THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. ARCHIBALD A. RITCHIE

Citation

58 U.S. 525 (1854)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Samuel Nelson

Justices Participating

• Benjamin Curtis | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Campbell | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• John Catron | voted with the majority or plurality

• John McLean | voted with the majority or plurality

• James Wayne | voted with the majority or plurality

• Peter Daniel | other

• Roger Taney | voted with the majority or plurality

• Robert Grier | voted with the majority or plurality

• Samuel Nelson | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• American Citizenship
• International law
• Land/allotment/grants of land

Case Cited In

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