John Green v. John Liter and Others was a case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1814. The case involved a dispute between two parties over land ownership rights, with one party claiming to have purchased the land from an Indian tribe while the other claimed it had been granted to them by Virginia's colonial government prior to statehood. The court ultimately sided with Green, ruling that he did indeed possess valid title of the property due to his purchase from Native Americans before Virginia became a state. This decision established precedent for future cases involving similar disputes between private citizens and states regarding pre-statehood grants of lands or titles thereto. It also affirmed that individuals could acquire legal title through purchases made from Native American tribes regardless of whether they were recognized as legitimate under state law at the time of acquisition.

In John Green v. John Liter and Others, the Supreme Court's dissenting opinion argued that a state court had no jurisdiction to issue an injunction against a federal officer acting under the authority of Congress. The dissenters reasoned that since the Constitution grants exclusive power to Congress over matters involving foreign commerce, any action taken by officers appointed by Congress should be considered valid until it is overturned by another act of Congress or declared unconstitutional in a subsequent judicial decision. Furthermore, they argued that if states were allowed to interfere with such actions then this would lead to confusion and conflict between different branches of government as well as among different states. As such, they concluded that only acts passed by Congress could supersede those taken under its authority and thus prevent state courts from interfering with them.