THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS, v. WILLIAM S. ROGERS

Citation

45 U.S. 567 (1846)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Roger Taney

Justices Participating

• John Catron | voted with the majority or plurality

• John McKinley | voted with the majority or plurality

• John McLean | voted with the majority or plurality

• James Wayne | voted with the majority or plurality

• Levi Woodbury | voted with the majority or plurality

• Peter Daniel | voted with the majority or plurality

• Roger Taney | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Samuel Nelson | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Criminal jurisdiction
• Doctrine of Discovery
• Domestic Dependent Nations
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Indianness/Identity
• International law
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• Tribal citizenship
• Wardship/Trust

Case Cited In

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• 109 U.S. 556 (1883), ex parte CROW DOG
• 112 U.S. 94 (1884), ELK v. WILKINS
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS
• 135 U.S. 641 (1889), CHEROKEE NATION v. SOUTHERN KANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY
• 141 U.S. 107 (1890), in re MAYFIELD, PETITIONER
• 155 U.S. 545 (1894), WESTMORELAND v. UNITED STATES
• 162 U.S. 499 (1895), ALBERTY v. UNITED STATES
• 163 U.S. 612 (1895), LUCAS v. UNITED STATES
• 165 U.S. 413 (1896), ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. MINGUS
• 168 U.S. 218 (1897), ROFF v. BURNEY
• 174 U.S. 445 (1898), STEPHENS v. CHEROKEE NATION.
• 188 U.S. 432 (1902), UNITED STATES v. RICKERT
• 224 U.S. 413 (1911), HECKMAN v. UNITED STATES
• 362 U.S. 99 (1959), FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. TUSCARORA INDIAN NATION
• 414 U.S. 661 (1973), ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al.
• 435 U.S. 191 (1977), OLIPHANT v. SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE et al.
• 495 U.S. 676 (1989), DURO v. REINA, CHIEF OF POLICE, SALT RIVER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, et al.