Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515, was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that Cherokee Native Americans were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty. It is considered one of the most influential decisions in law dealing with Native Americans.

PropertyValue
p:abstract
  • Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515, was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that Cherokee Native Americans were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty. It is considered one of the most influential decisions in law dealing with Native Americans. (en)
  • Die Entscheidung des Obersten Gerichtshofs der Vereinigten Staaten in der Sache Samuel A. Worcester versus The State of Georgia (meist zitiert als Worcester v. Georgia) von 1832 ist eine Grundsatzentscheidung zum Rechtsstatus indigener Völker innerhalb der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Die Entscheidung stellt klar, dass die Gliedstaaten der Vereinigten Staaten keine Kompetenz haben, in Angelegenheiten der indigenen Völker auf ihrem Territorium einzugreifen. Diese Kompetenz liege allein beim Bund. (de)
p:arguedate
  • 0020-02-01 00:00:00.000000 (xsd:date)
p:argueyear
  • 1832 (xsd:integer)
p:citation
  • 8 L. Ed. 483 (en)
p:concurrence
  • McLean (en)
p:decidedate
  • 0003-03-01 00:00:00.000000 (xsd:date)
p:decideyear
  • 1832 (xsd:integer)
p:dissent
  • Baldwin (en)
p:enfacto
p:findlaw
p:fullname
  • Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error v. The State of Georgia (en)
p:hasPhotoCollection
p:holding
  • States were not permitted to redraw the boundaries of Indian lands or forbid residence in those territories, because the Constitution granted sole authority to Congress to regulate relations with sovereign Indian tribes. Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia reversed and remanded. (en)
p:joinmajority
  • Johnson, Duvall, Story, Thompson (en)
p:justia
p:lawsapplied
p:litigants
  • Worcester v. Georgia (en)
p:majority
  • Marshall (en)
p:prior
  • Plaintiff convicted in Gwinnett County, Georgia by the Georgia Superior Court (Sept. 15, 1831) (en)
p:scotus
  • 1830-1834 (en)
p:subsequent
  • None (en)
p:uspage
  • 515 (xsd:integer)
p:usscProperty
  • 1 (xsd:integer)
  • 30 (xsd:integer)
  • 1831 (xsd:integer)
p:usvol
  • 31 (xsd:integer)
p:wikiPageUsesTemplate
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515, was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that Cherokee Native Americans were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty. It is considered one of the most influential decisions in law dealing with Native Americans. (en)
  • Die Entscheidung des Obersten Gerichtshofs der Vereinigten Staaten in der Sache Samuel A. Worcester versus The State of Georgia (meist zitiert als Worcester v. (de)
rdfs:label
  • Worcester v. Georgia (en)
  • Worcester v. Georgia (de)
owl:sameAs
skos:subject
foaf:page
is p:disambiguates of
is p:redirect of
is owl:sameAs of