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UNITED STATES v. CHETIMACHAS INDIANS (1852)

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UNITED STATES v. CHETIMACHAS INDIANS
Term: 1852
Important Dates
Decided: December 15, 1852
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

UNITED STATES v. CHETIMACHAS INDIANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 15, 1852.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1850s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 131 U.S. lxx
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Roger Brooke Taney

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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