CHEROKEE INTERMARRIAGE CASES: RED BIRD v. UNITED STATES

Citation

203 U.S. 76 (1906)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Melville Fuller

Justices Participating

• David Brewer | voted with the majority or plurality

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality

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

• Oliver Holmes | voted with the majority or plurality

• Rufus Peckham | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Day | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Civil jurisdiction
• Claims against the U.S.
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Treaties
• Tribal citizenship
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 174 U.S. 445 (1898), STEPHENS v. CHEROKEE NATION.
• 155 U.S. 196 (1894), CHEROKEE NATION v. JOURNEYCAKE

Case Cited In

• 224 U.S. 640 (1911), GRITTS v. FISHER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, AND MACVEAGH, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
• 235 U.S. 441 (1914), SIZEMORE v. BRADY
• 276 U.S. 58 (1927), MARLIN v. LEWALLEN et al.
• 435 U.S. 313 (1977), UNITED STATES v. WHEELER