Jekyll2026-04-02T16:02:33+00:00/feed.xmlSupreme Court Indian Law DatabaseFLETCHER v. PECK2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:002026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00/cases/1810-027Citation

10 U.S. 87

Decision : 4-1

Majority Opinion: John Marshall

Justices Participating

Categories

* Indian Title/Occupancy

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Case Cited In

  • 14 U.S. 115 PRESTON v. BROWDER, 1816
  • 30 U.S. 1 THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1831
  • 38 U.S. 195 MERIWETHER L. CLARK, EXECUTOR, AND WILLIAM P. CLARK, GEORGE R. H. CLARK, AND JEFFERSON KENNERLY CLARK, AN INFANT UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND NEXT FRIEND, THE SAID GEORGE R. H. CLARK, HEIRS AT LAW OF WILLIAM, 1839
  • 112 U.S. 94 ELK v. WILKINS, 1884
  • 148 U.S. 427 UNITED STATES v. OLD SETTLERS., 1892
  • 397 U.S. 620 CHOCTAW NATION et al. v. OKLAHOMA et al., 1969
  • 414 U.S. 661 ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al., 1973
  • 435 U.S. 191 OLIPHANT v. SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE et al., 1977
  • 435 U.S. 313 UNITED STATES v. WHEELER, 1977
  • 450 U.S. 544 MONTANA et al. v. UNITED STATES et al., 1980
  • 455 U.S. 130 MERRION et al., DBA MERRION & BAYLESS, et al. v. JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE et al., 1981
  • 470 U.S. 226 COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al., 1984
  • 471 U.S. 845 NATIONAL FARMERS UNION INSURANCE COS. et al. v. CROW TRIBE OF INDIANS et al., 1984
  • 532 U.S. 645 ATKINSON TRADING COMPANY, INC. v. JOE SHIRLEY, JR., et al., 2000
  • 533 U.S. 353 NEVADA, et al. v. FLOYD HICKS, et al., 2000
  • 583 U.S. 244 PATCHAK v. ZINKE, 2017
]]>MEIGS AND AL v. M’CLUNG’S LESSEE2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:002026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00/cases/1815-002Citation

13 U.S. 11

Decision : 5-0

Majority Opinion: John Marshall

Justices Participating

Categories

* Treaties

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Case Cited In

  • 30 U.S. 1 THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1831
  • 38 U.S. 195 MERIWETHER L. CLARK, EXECUTOR, AND WILLIAM P. CLARK, GEORGE R. H. CLARK, AND JEFFERSON KENNERLY CLARK, AN INFANT UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND NEXT FRIEND, THE SAID GEORGE R. H. CLARK, HEIRS AT LAW OF WILLIAM, 1839
  • 84 U.S. 211 HOLDEN v. JOY, 1872
]]>PRESTON v. BROWDER2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:002026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00/cases/1816-014Citation

14 U.S. 115

Decision : 7-0

Majority Opinion: Thomas Todd

Justices Participating

  • Bushrod Washington | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Gabriel Duvall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Henry Livingston | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • John Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Joseph Story | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Thomas Todd | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
  • William Johnson | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

Categories

* States/Authority of states

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Cited Cases

Case Cited In

]]>DANFORTH’S LESSEE v. THOMAS2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:002026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00/cases/1816-021Citation

14 U.S. 155

Decision : 7-0

Majority Opinion: Thomas Todd

Justices Participating

  • Bushrod Washington | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Gabriel Duvall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Henry Livingston | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • John Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Joseph Story | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Thomas Todd | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
  • William Johnson | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

Categories

* States/Authority of states

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Case Cited In

]]>M’IVER et al., LESSEES, v. RAGAN et al.2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:002026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00/cases/1817-002Citation

15 U.S. 25

Decision : 7-0

Majority Opinion: John Marshall

Justices Participating

  • Bushrod Washington | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Gabriel Duvall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Henry Livingston | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • John Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
  • Joseph Story | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Thomas Todd | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • William Johnson | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

Categories

* Land/allotment/grants of land

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

]]>JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:002026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00/cases/1823-013Citation

21 U.S. 543

Decision : 5-0

Majority Opinion: John Marshall

Justices Participating

Categories

* Canons of Construction

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Case Cited In

  • 30 U.S. 1 THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1831
  • 31 U.S. 515 SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1832
  • 41 U.S. 367 MERRIT MARTIN AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. THE LESSEE OF WILLIAM C. H. WADDELL, DEFENDANT IN ERROR, 1842
  • 78 U.S. 616 THE CHEROKEE TOBACCO, 1870
  • 95 U.S. 517 BEECHER v. WETHERBY, 1877
  • 119 U.S. 55 BUTTZ v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, 1886
  • 175 U.S. 1 JONES v. MEEHAN, 1899
  • 187 U.S. 553 LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK, 1902
  • 203 U.S. 233 FRANCIS v. FRANCIS, 1906
  • 242 U.S. 434 WILLIAMS, CHIEF, et al. v. CITY OF CHICAGO et al., 1916
  • 314 U.S. 339 UNITED STATES, AS GUARDIAN OF THE HUALPAI INDIANS OF ARIZONA, v. SANTA FE PACIFIC RAILROAD CO., 1941
  • 324 U.S. 335 NORTHWESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES, 1944
  • 329 U.S. 40 UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL., 1946
  • 348 U.S. 272 TEE-HIT-TON INDIANS v. UNITED STATES, 1954
  • 362 U.S. 99 FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. TUSCARORA INDIAN NATION, 1959
  • 397 U.S. 620 CHOCTAW NATION et al. v. OKLAHOMA et al., 1969
  • 414 U.S. 661 ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al., 1973
  • 435 U.S. 191 OLIPHANT v. SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE et al., 1977
  • 435 U.S. 313 UNITED STATES v. WHEELER, 1977
  • 455 U.S. 130 MERRION et al., DBA MERRION & BAYLESS, et al. v. JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE et al., 1981
  • 470 U.S. 39 UNITED STATES v. DANN et al., 1984
  • 470 U.S. 226 COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al., 1984
  • 471 U.S. 845 NATIONAL FARMERS UNION INSURANCE COS. et al. v. CROW TRIBE OF INDIANS et al., 1984
  • 472 U.S. 237 MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ANA, 1984
  • 476 U.S. 498 SOUTH CAROLINA et al. v. CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE, INC., 1985
  • 492 U.S. 408 PHILIP BRENDALE v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION et al., 1988
  • 495 U.S. 676 DURO v. REINA, CHIEF OF POLICE, SALT RIVER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, et al., 1989
]]>DANFORTH v. WEAR2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:002026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00/cases/1824-019Citation

22 U.S. 673

Decision : 6-0

Majority Opinion: William Johnson

Justices Participating

  • Bushrod Washington | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Gabriel Duvall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • John Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Joseph Story | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Smith Thompson | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

  • Thomas Todd | other

  • William Johnson | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

* States/Authority of states

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Cited Cases

Case Cited In

  • 27 U.S. 216 WILLIAM PATTERSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. THE REv. WILLIS JENKS et al. DEFENDANTS IN ERROR, 1829
  • 34 U.S. 711 COLIN MITCHEL, ROBERT MITCHEL, IN HIS OWN RIGHT, AND AS ASSIGNEE OF THE ESTATE AND EFFECTS OF THE MERCANTILE HOUSE HERETOFORE TRADING UNDER THE FIRM OF CARNOCHAN AND MITCHEL, AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE CREDITORS OF SAID FIRM, AND ALSO OF RICHARD CA, 1835
  • 40 U.S. 52 COLIN MITCHEL AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEES, 1841
]]>WILLIAM PATTERSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. THE REv. WILLIS JENKS et al. DEFENDANTS IN ERROR2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:002026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00/cases/1829-014Citation

27 U.S. 216

Decision : 6-0

Majority Opinion: John Marshall

Justices Participating

  • Bushrod Washington | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Gabriel Duvall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • John Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
  • Joseph Story | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Smith Thompson | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • William Johnson | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

Categories

* Land/allotment/grants of land

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Cited Cases

Case Cited In

  • 34 U.S. 663 ELISHA WINN AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. WILLIAM PATTERSON, 1835
  • 39 U.S. 4 LESSEE OF MARGARET LATTIMER AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, VS. WILLIAM POTEET, DEFENDANT IN ERROR, 1840
  • 40 U.S. 52 COLIN MITCHEL AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEES, 1841
]]>SUNDRY GOODS, WARES AND MERCHANDISES, THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY, CLAIMANTS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR VS. THE UNITED STATES, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:002026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00/cases/1829-032Citation

27 U.S. 358

Decision : 6-0

Majority Opinion: Bushrod Washington

Justices Participating

  • Bushrod Washington | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
  • Gabriel Duvall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • John Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Joseph Story | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Smith Thompson | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • William Johnson | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

Categories

* Liquor

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Case Cited In

]]>THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:002026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00/cases/1831-041Citation

30 U.S. 1

Decision : 4-2

Majority Opinion: John Marshall

Justices Participating

Categories

* Commerce Clause

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Subopinion 2

Subopinion 3

Cited Cases

Case Cited In

  • 30 U.S. 1 THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1831
  • 70 U.S. 407 UNITED STATES v. HOLLIDAY, 1865
  • 92 U.S. 733 LEAVENWORTH, LAWRENCE, AND GALVESTON RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES, 1875
  • 93 U.S. 188 UNITED STATES v. FORTY-THREE GALLONS OF WHISKEY, ETC, 1876
  • 112 U.S. 94 ELK v. WILKINS, 1884
  • 118 U.S. 375 UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS, 1885
  • 135 U.S. 641 CHEROKEE NATION v. SOUTHERN KANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY, 1889
  • 163 U.S. 376 TALTON v. MAYES, 1895
  • 168 U.S. 218 ROFF v. BURNEY, 1897
  • 174 U.S. 445 STEPHENS v. CHEROKEE NATION., 1898
  • 175 U.S. 1 JONES v. MEEHAN, 1899
  • 187 U.S. 553 LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK, 1902
  • 203 U.S. 233 FRANCIS v. FRANCIS, 1906
  • 221 U.S. 286 MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY, 1910
  • 224 U.S. 413 HECKMAN v. UNITED STATES, 1911
  • 236 U.S. 58 REYNOLDS v. FEWELL, 1914
  • 249 U.S. 110 LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ROSA, 1918
  • 304 U.S. 111 UNITED STATES v. SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS, 1937
  • 309 U.S. 506 UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO. et al., 1939
  • 316 U.S. 286 SEMINOLE NATION v. UNITED STATES, 1941
  • 330 U.S. 169 CONFEDERATED BANDS OF UTE INDIANS v. UNITED STATES, 1946
  • 337 U.S. 86 HYNES, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, v. GRIMES PACKING CO. ET AL., 1948
  • 358 U.S. 217 WILLIAMS et ux. v. LEE, DOING BUSINESS AS GANADO TRADING POST, 1958
  • 362 U.S. 99 FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. TUSCARORA INDIAN NATION, 1959
  • 397 U.S. 620 CHOCTAW NATION et al. v. OKLAHOMA et al., 1969
  • 414 U.S. 661 ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al., 1973
  • 417 U.S. 535 MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MANCARI et al., 1973
  • 435 U.S. 191 OLIPHANT v. SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE et al., 1977
  • 435 U.S. 313 UNITED STATES v. WHEELER, 1977
  • 436 U.S. 49 SANTA CLARA PUEBLO et al. v. MARTINEZ et al., 1977
  • 445 U.S. 535 UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al., 1979
  • 455 U.S. 130 MERRION et al., DBA MERRION & BAYLESS, et al. v. JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE et al., 1981
  • 463 U.S. 206 UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al., 1982
  • 470 U.S. 39 UNITED STATES v. DANN et al., 1984
  • 470 U.S. 226 COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al., 1984
  • 472 U.S. 237 MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ANA, 1984
  • 480 U.S. 9 IOWA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. v. LAPLANTE et al., 1986
  • 492 U.S. 408 PHILIP BRENDALE v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION et al., 1988
  • 495 U.S. 676 DURO v. REINA, CHIEF OF POLICE, SALT RIVER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, et al., 1989
  • 498 U.S. 505 OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. CITIZEN BAND POTAWATOMI INDIAN TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA, 1990
  • 501 U.S. 775 EDGAR BLATCHFORD, COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS OF ALASKA v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF NOATAK AND CIRCLE VILLAGE, 1990
  • 508 U.S. 182 MICHAEL E. LINCOLN, ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, et al. v. GROVER VIGIL et al., 1992
  • 522 U.S. 520 ALASKA v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF VENETIE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT et al., 1997
  • 528 U.S. 495 HAROLD F. RICE v. BENJAMIN J. CAYETANO, GOVERNOR OF HAWAII, 1999
  • 537 U.S. 465 UNITED STATES v. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE, 2002
  • 541 U.S. 193 UNITED STATES v. BILLY JO LARA, 2003
  • 564 U.S. 162 UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. JICARILLA APACHE NATION, 2010
  • 572 U.S. 782 MICHIGAN v. BAY MILLS INDIAN COMMUNITY, 2013
  • 584 U.S. 554 UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIBE v. LUNDGREN, 2017
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