 | United States. Supreme Court - 1816 - 576 halaman
...this distinction cannot be maintained. They may differ in Tiany respects, but neither of them is a state, in the sense in which that term is used in the constitution. Every reason assigned for the opinion of the court, that a citizen of Columbia was not capable of suing... | |
 | Cherokee Nation, Richard Peters - 1831 - 332 halaman
...may then unquestionably be sued in this court. May the plaintiff sue in it? Is the Cherokee nation a foreign state in the sense in which that term is...argument as was intended to prove the character of the Cherokeesas a state, as a distinct political society, separated from others, capable of managing its... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1836 - 508 halaman
...may then unquestionably be such in this Court. May the plaintiff sue in it? Is the Cherokee nation a foreign state, in the sense in which that term is used in the Constitution." He continues, " their counsel have shewn conclusively, that they are not a state of the union, and... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 halaman
...NATION v. THE STATE OP GEORGIA ; 412' An Indian tribe, or nation, within the United States, is not a foreign state, in the sense in which that term is used in the constitution, and cannot maintain an action in the courts of the United States. ^ / WORCESTER v. STATE OF GEORGIA.... | |
 | Henry Wheaton, William Beach Lawrence - 1855 - 938 halaman
...though the Cherokee nation of Indians, dwelling within the jurisdictional limits of Georgia, was not a " foreign State " in the sense in which that term is used in the Constitution, nor entitled, as such, to proceed in that Court against the State of Georgia, yet the Cherokees constituted... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1855 - 702 halaman
...that this distinction cannot be maintained. They may differ in many respects, but neither of them is a State, in the sense in which that term is used in the Constitution. Every reason assigned for the opinion of the court, that a citizen of Columbia was not capable of suing... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1858 - 572 halaman
...may, then, unquestionably, be sued in this Court. May the plaintiff sue in it ? Is the Cherokee nation a foreign State in the sense in which that term is used in the Constitution ?' the lands they occupy, until that right shall be extinguished by a voluntary cession to our Government... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1864 - 698 halaman
...that this distinction cannot be maintained. They may differ in many respects, but neither of them is a State, in the sense in which that term is used in the Consti tution. Every reason assigned for the opinion of the court, that a citizen of Columbia was not... | |
 | 1901 - 510 halaman
...distinguish a territory from the District of Columbia. But it was said that " neither of them is a State in the sense in which that term is used in the Constitution." In Scott v. Jones (5 How. 343), and in Miners' Bank v. Iowa (12 How. 1), it was held that under the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1871 - 666 halaman
...nation vs. The State of Georgia, 5 Peter«, 1, Chief Justice Marshall says : Is the Cherokee nation a foreign state in the sense in which that term is used in the Constitution ? The counsel for the plaintiff have maintained the affirmative of this proposition with great earnestness and ability. «So... | |
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Is the Cherokee nation a foreign state in the sense in which that term is used in the constitution? 
