STEPHENS v. CHEROKEE NATION.

Citation

174 U.S. 445

Decision : 7-2

Majority Opinion: Melville Fuller

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Edward White | dissent , justice wrote no opinion
• George Shiras | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Henry Brown | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Joseph McKenna | dissent , justice wrote no opinion
• Melville Fuller | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
• Rufus Peckham | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

Categories

* Indianness/Identity

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Cited Cases

• 45 U.S. 567

• 118 U.S. 375

• 31 U.S. 515

• 169 U.S. 264

• 135 U.S. 641

• 30 U.S. 1

• 119 U.S. 1

Case Cited In

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