Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

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United States Supreme Court case federal Indian law case

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia was an 1831 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Cherokee Nation was a "domestic dependent nation" lacking standing to sue as a foreign nation, a ruling that shaped federal Indian law and the context of Indian Removal.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia canonical	9
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)	2
The Cherokee Nation v. The State of Georgia	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ federal Indian law case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ federal Indian law ⓘ jurisdiction ⓘ
branchOfGovernmentInvolved	judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
chiefJustice	John Marshall ⓘ
citation	30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 1 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Commerce Clause ⓘ surface form: Article I, Section 8, Indian Commerce Clause Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
context	conflict over Georgia laws extending state authority over Cherokee lands ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1831 ⓘ
describedAs	foundational case in federal Indian law ⓘ
dissentingJustice	Henry Baldwin ⓘ
effect	established the doctrine that tribes are domestic dependent nations ⓘ limited the ability of Indian nations to sue states directly in the Supreme Court ⓘ
fullCaseName	Cherokee Nation v. Georgia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Cherokee Nation v. The State of Georgia
geographicScope	Cherokee lands within the State of Georgia ⓘ
historicalContext	policy of Indian Removal under President Andrew Jackson ⓘ
holding	The Cherokee Nation is a domestic dependent nation ⓘ The Cherokee Nation is not a foreign state in the sense of the Constitution ⓘ The Supreme Court lacks original jurisdiction over the Cherokee Nation’s suit against Georgia ⓘ
joinedByInMajority	Gabriel Duvall ⓘ John McLean ⓘ Joseph Story ⓘ Smith Thompson ⓘ
jurisdictionDenied	original jurisdiction as a suit by a foreign state ⓘ
languageUsedByCourt	“domestic dependent nations” to describe Indian tribes ⓘ
legalIssue	standing of an Indian nation to sue in the Supreme Court as a foreign state ⓘ status of Indian tribes under the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	John Marshall ⓘ
partyTypeCharacterization	domestic dependent nation ⓘ ward of the United States ⓘ
petitioner	Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ surface form: Cherokee Nation
relatedTo	Indian Removal ⓘ Johnson v. M’Intosh ⓘ Marshall Trilogy ⓘ Trail of Tears ⓘ Worcester v. Georgia ⓘ
remedySought	injunction to prevent enforcement of Georgia laws in Cherokee territory ⓘ
respondent	U.S. state of Georgia ⓘ surface form: State of Georgia
result	case dismissed for lack of jurisdiction ⓘ
subsequentInfluence	cited in later Supreme Court cases on tribal sovereignty ⓘ shaped federal–tribal trust relationship doctrine ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
yearArgued	1831 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Removal policy of the United States → relatedCourtCase → Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ⓘ

Cherokee Nation (historical) → legalCase → Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)

Worcester v. Georgia → precededBy → Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ⓘ

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia → fullCaseName → Cherokee Nation v. Georgia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Cherokee Nation v. The State of Georgia

John Marshall Court → landmarkCase → Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ⓘ

Native American sovereignty → historicallyArticulatedIn → Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)

Cherokee → legalCase → Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ⓘ

Johnson v. M’Intosh → relatedCase → Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ⓘ

Marshall Trilogy → hasPart → Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ⓘ

Cherokee lands within the State of Georgia → subjectOf → Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ⓘ

United States federal Indian law and policy → shapedBy → Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ⓘ

Marshall Court → significantCase → Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ⓘ