Supreme Court Cases
Five cases involving the land grant went to the United States Supreme Court:
- Maxwell Land-Grant Case, 121 U.S. 325 (1887)
- Maxwell Land-Grant Case, 122 U.S. 365 (1887)
- Interstate Land Co. v. Maxwell Land Grant Co., 139 U.S. 569 (1891)
- Maxwell Land Grant Co. v. Dawson, 151 U.S. 586 (1894)
- Russell v. Maxwell Land Grant Co., 158 U.S. 253 (1895)
- Thompson v. Maxwell Land Grant & R. Co., 168 U.S. 451 (1897)
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