CHEROKEE NATION v. SOUTHERN KANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY

Citation

135 U.S. 641 (1889)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: John Harlan

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | voted with the majority or plurality

• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Joseph Bradley | voted with the majority or plurality

• Lucius Lamar | voted with the majority or plurality

• Melville Fuller | 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

Categories

• Civil jurisdiction
• Claims against the U.S.
• Commerce Clause
• Domestic Dependent Nations
• Indian Country
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 45 U.S. 567 (1846), THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS, v. WILLIAM S. ROGERS
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 30 U.S. 1 (1831), THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 119 U.S. 1 (1886), CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS

Case Cited In

• 163 U.S. 376 (1895), TALTON v. MAYES
• 168 U.S. 218 (1897), ROFF v. BURNEY
• 174 U.S. 445 (1898), STEPHENS v. CHEROKEE NATION.
• 187 U.S. 294 (1902), CHEROKEE NATION v. HITCHCOCK
• 188 U.S. 432 (1902), UNITED STATES v. RICKERT
• 225 U.S. 663 (1911), ex parte CHARLEY WEBB, PETITIONER
• 224 U.S. 413 (1911), HECKMAN v. UNITED STATES
• 253 U.S. 442 (1919), NADEAU et al. v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
• 318 U.S. 629 (1942), CREEK NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 362 U.S. 99 (1959), FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. TUSCARORA INDIAN NATION
• 448 U.S. 371 (1979), UNITED STATES v. SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS et al.
• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.