In the United States v. Bliss case of 1898, the Supreme Court ruled on a dispute involving land ownership in California. The defendant, Mr. Bliss, had purchased land from an individual who obtained it through a Mexican Land Grant before California became part of the U.S., and he was now facing claims by others asserting that they were rightful owners due to subsequent legislation passed by Congress after statehood. The court held that under international law principles incorporated into U.S domestic law via the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (which ended the Mexican-American War), pre-existing property rights must be respected following territorial changes resulting from war or treaty negotiations. Therefore, Mr.Bliss's title to his property was upheld against competing claims based on later Congressional acts because those could not retroactively affect rights established prior to their enactment.

The United States v. Bliss case in 1898 does not have a recorded dissenting opinion available for summarization. The case involved the interpretation of tax laws and their application to legacies or distributive shares arising from personal property passing from deceased persons, but no specific details about any dissenting views among the justices are documented in the existing records of this case.