What in the hell are you talking about?
US v Ward is a water issue (”Section 311(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act prohibits the discharge of oil into navigable waters”), involving international law. Not citizenship. Vattel’s name does not appear in the decision.
http://supreme.justia.com/us/448/242/case.html
You also said it was from Justice Daniel, who lived in the 1800s.
Put your beer down, sober up, and post when you can keep your thoughts semi-straight.
Ms: Rogers: “No one gives a fuck about Vattel
Journals of the Continental Congress
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1785.
The first Question is settled by Vattel in the following Paragraph