STEPHENS v. CHEROKEE NATION.

Citation

174 U.S. 445 (1898)

Decision : 7-2

Majority Opinion: Melville Fuller

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | voted with the majority or plurality

• Edward White | dissent

• George Shiras | voted with the majority or plurality

• Henry Brown | voted with the majority or plurality

• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph McKenna | dissent

• Melville Fuller | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Rufus Peckham | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Domestic Dependent Nations
• Indianness/Identity
• Jurisdiction (other)
• Plenary Power
• Tribal citizenship
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 45 U.S. 567 (1846), THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS, v. WILLIAM S. ROGERS
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 169 U.S. 264 (1897), THOMAS v. GAY.
• 135 U.S. 641 (1889), CHEROKEE NATION v. SOUTHERN KANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY
• 30 U.S. 1 (1831), THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 119 U.S. 1 (1886), CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES

Case Cited In

• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN
• 180 U.S. 253 (1900), ANSLEY v. AINSWORTH
• 187 U.S. 294 (1902), CHEROKEE NATION v. HITCHCOCK
• 188 U.S. 432 (1902), UNITED STATES v. RICKERT
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK
• 191 U.S. 93 (1903), ex parte JOINS
• 197 U.S. 488 (1904), MATTER OF HEFF
• 203 U.S. 76 (1906), CHEROKEE INTERMARRIAGE CASES: RED BIRD v. UNITED STATES
• 204 U.S. 415 (1906), WALLACE v. ADAMS
• 215 U.S. 56 (1909), FLEMING v. MCCURTAIN
• 221 U.S. 286 (1910), MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY
• 223 U.S. 95 (1911), UNITED STATES EX REL. LOWE v. FISHER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
• 224 U.S. 413 (1911), HECKMAN v. UNITED STATES
• 224 U.S. 640 (1911), GRITTS v. FISHER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, AND MACVEAGH, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
• 231 U.S. 28 (1913), UNITED STATES v. SANDOVAL
• 235 U.S. 441 (1914), SIZEMORE v. BRADY
• 238 U.S. 284 (1914), WOODWARD v. DE GRAFFENRIED
• 243 U.S. 464 (1916), UNITED STATES v. ROWELL et al.
• 245 U.S. 308 (1917), DUNCAN TOWNSITE COMPANY v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
• 256 U.S. 1 (1920), CHASE, JR., A MINOR, ETC. v. UNITED STATES
• 255 U.S. 373 (1920), WINTON, ADMINISTRATOR OF WINTON, et al. v. AMOS AND OTHERS, KNOWN AS THE MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAWS
• 276 U.S. 58 (1927), MARLIN v. LEWALLEN et al.
• 277 U.S. 424 (1927), SISSETON AND WAHPETON BANDS OF SIOUX INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 318 U.S. 705 (1942), BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS et al. v. SEBER et al.
• 329 U.S. 40 (1946), UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.
• 425 U.S. 649 (1975), NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE v. HOLLOWBREAST et al.