THE CHEROKEE TOBACCO

Citation

78 U.S. 616 (1870)

Decision : 4-2

Majority Opinion: Noah Swayne

Justices Participating

• David Davis | dissent

• Joseph Bradley | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Nathan Clifford | voted with the majority or plurality

• Noah Swayne | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Samuel Miller | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stephen Field | other

• Samuel Nelson | other

• Salmon Chase | other

• William Strong | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Doctrine of Discovery
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Plenary Power
• Taxes
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 21 U.S. 543 (1823), JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH

Case Cited In

• 104 U.S. 621 (1881), UNITED STATES v. MCBRATNEY
• 108 U.S. 491 (1882), UNITED STATES v. FORTY-THREE GALLONS OF WHISKEY
• 109 U.S. 556 (1883), ex parte CROW DOG
• 112 U.S. 94 (1884), ELK v. WILKINS
• 141 U.S. 107 (1890), in re MAYFIELD, PETITIONER
• 163 U.S. 504 (1895), WARD v. RACE HORSE
• 164 U.S. 240 (1896), DRAPER v. UNITED STATES
• 165 U.S. 413 (1896), ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. MINGUS
• 169 U.S. 264 (1897), THOMAS v. GAY.
• 181 U.S. 481 (1900), BARKER v. HARVEY
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK
• 225 U.S. 663 (1911), ex parte CHARLEY WEBB, PETITIONER
• 291 U.S. 138 (1933), PIGEON RIVER IMPROVEMENT, SLIDE & BOOM CO. v. CHARLES W. COX, LTD.
• 308 U.S. 343 (1939), BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF JACKSON, KANSAS, v. UNITED STATES
• 534 U.S. 84 (2001), CHICKASAW NATION v. UNITED STATES