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Johnson v. McIntosh , [ a ] 21 U.S. (8 Wheat.) 543 (1823), also written M‘Intosh , is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that held that private citizens could not purchase lands from Native Americans .
The discovery doctrine, or doctrine of discovery, is a disputed interpretation of international law during the Age of Discovery, introduced into United States municipal law by the US Supreme Court Justice John Marshall in Johnson v. McIntosh (1823).
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward: 17 U.S. 518 (1819) impairment of contracts: Cohens v. Virginia: 19 U.S. 264 (1821) judicial review of state supreme court decisions Johnson v. McIntosh: 21 U.S. 543 (1823) inability of Native Americans to own land Gibbons v. Ogden: 22 U.S. 1 (1824) Congressional power to regulate interstate commerce ...
The lawsuit claimed that McIntosh had bought land rightfully owned by the Illinois-Wabash Company, based on the earlier purchase from the Indians. In 1823, the issue made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court in Johnson v. McIntosh. The Court decided in favor of McIntosh, ruling that private purchases of native lands were not valid.
William McIntosh (c. 1760 – July 1832; also printed as "M‘Intosh") [a] was a fur trader, treasurer of the Indiana Territory under William Henry Harrison, and real estate entrepreneur. He became famous for the United States Supreme Court case of Johnson v. McIntosh (1823) and for his massive real estate holdings on the Wabash River.
Johnson v. McIntosh (1823): In an opinion written by Chief Justice Marshall, the court held that private parties could not validly purchase land from Native Americans. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824): In an opinion written by Chief Justice Marshall, the court struck down a New York law that had granted a monopoly on steamship operation in the state of ...
Our ruling. In a CNN interview, Johnson claimed Democrats have also used alternate slates of electors "repeatedly in all kinds of different states." That is wrong. His own aide acknowledged that ...
The case of Johnson v. McIntosh by the Supreme Court in 1823 is well known to most law students as declaring that Indian tribes had the right to occupy the land but only the United States held title to the land by right of discovery. It covers other major cases, including Cherokee Nation v.