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CHEROKEE INTERMARRIAGE CASES: RED BIRD v. UNITED STATES (1906)

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CHEROKEE INTERMARRIAGE CASES: RED BIRD v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1906
Important Dates
Argued: February 19, 1906
Decided: November 5, 1906
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

CHEROKEE INTERMARRIAGE CASES: RED BIRD v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 5, 1906. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 1906.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1900s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
  • Petitioner: Husband, or ex-husband
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 203 U.S. 76
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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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