Baker v. Morton, 79 U.S. (12 Wall.) 150 (1870), was the second of two land claim suits to come out of Omaha, Nebraska Territory, filed in September 1860, prior to statehood.
The Baker v. Morton case, 79 U.S. (12 Wall.) 150 (1870), emerged as part of a pair of lawsuits related to land claims in Omaha, Nebraska Territory, which were initiated in September 1860, prior to the territory's admission as a state.