Johnson v. M'Intosh, the Supreme Court of the United States' own 1823 opinion, is a primary legal document, available in full from the court's own case archive. Its strength is that it is the actual ruling establishing the doctrine of discovery in United States law, in the court's own reasoning, rather than a later description of that doctrine. Its limit is the ordinary one for any court opinion: it states the legal holding the court reached, not an independent historical or Indigenous perspective account of the land claims the doctrine was used to justify.
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: the actual court opinion itself, available from the court's own case archive, the primary legal document stating the holding the court reached rather than a later description of it. NotesThe Supreme Court of the United States' own opinion in Johnson v. M'Intosh, 21 U.S. (8 Wheaton) 543 (1823); the court's ruling establishing the doctrine of discovery in U.S. law, not an independent historical or Indigenous-perspective account of it.
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AuthorSupreme Court of the United States
Publication Year1823
Source TypeCase law
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Religious Legal Instruments, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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7Religious Legal Instruments
General References
1Religious Legal Instruments
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