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THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA (1831)

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THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
Term: 1831
Important Dates
Argued: March 12, 1831
Decided: March 18, 1831
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
4-2
Majority
John Marshall • John McLean
Concurring
Henry Baldwin • William Johnson Jr.
Dissenting
Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 18, 1831. The case was argued before the court on March 12, 1831.

In a 4-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
  • Petitioner: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Georgia
  • Citation: 30 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Injunction
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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