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Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515 (1832), was a landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional.
Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh Co. 27 U.S. 245 (1829) Dormant Commerce Clause: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia: 30 U.S. 1 (1831) Indian nations as foreign states Worcester v. Georgia: 31 U.S. 515 (1832) Indian removal Barron v. Baltimore: 32 U.S. 243 (1833) reach of the Bill of Rights Ex Parte Madrazzo: 32 U.S. 627 (1833) standing in an admiralty ...
Worcester v. Georgia (1832): In an opinion written by Chief Justice Marshall, the court voided the state of Georgia's conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that states have no authority to deal with Native American tribes. However, President Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the court's prohibition against Georgia's interference in Cherokee ...
Worcester v. Georgia: 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515: 1832 Unlicensed presence in Cherokee country (Georgia law) Marshall: Baldwin: ... 1833 Common law fraud (Maryland law) Story:
Among such cases are United States v. Simms (1803), United States v. More (1805), Ex parte Bollman (1807), United States v. Hudson (1812), Cohens v. Virginia (1821), United States v. Perez (1824), Worcester v. Georgia (1832), and United States v. Wilson (1833). During Marshall's tenure, the Supreme Court had no general appellate jurisdiction in ...
Worcester was arrested in Georgia and convicted for disobeying the state's law restricting white missionaries from living in Cherokee territory without a state license. On appeal, he was the plaintiff in Worcester v. Georgia (1832), a case that went to the United States Supreme Court. The court held that Georgia's law was unconstitutional.
A case that demonstrates Baldwin's admittedly inconsistent record of writing opinions and political boldness, as well as his unique style of jurisprudence is Worcester v. Georgia (1831). The statute in question was one of the "Indian laws" passed by the state legislature of Georgia forbidding white men from residing in Cherokee territory ...
Worcester v. Georgia (1832) was the third case by Wirt, appealing the conviction of Samuel Worcester for illegally residing on Cherokee lands without a license from the state. [66] [67] Although the holding of the opinion reached only the question of criminal jurisdiction, its dicta was far more pro-Indian than Fletcher or Johnson: [68]