THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE (1867)

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THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE
Term: 1866
Important Dates
Argued: April 2, 1867
Decided: May 6, 1867
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne

THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 6, 1867. The case was argued before the court on April 2, 1867.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Kansas State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase 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: Kansas
  • Citation: 72 U.S. 737
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: David Davis

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 liberal.

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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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