THE CHEROKEE TRUST FUNDS.; EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES AND CHEROKEE NATION, COMMONLY CALLED CHEROKEE NATION WEST

Citation

117 U.S. 288 (1885)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Stephen Field

Justices Participating

• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph Bradley | voted with the majority or plurality

• Morrison Waite | voted with the majority or plurality

• Samuel Blatchford | voted with the majority or plurality

• Samuel Miller | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stephen Field | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Stanley Matthews | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Woods | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Claims against the U.S.
• Indianness/Identity
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Case Cited In

• 187 U.S. 294 (1902), CHEROKEE NATION v. HITCHCOCK
• 193 U.S. 127 (1903), DELAWARE INDIANS v. CHEROKEE NATION