Legal Opinion

The Cherokee Trust Funds

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 1, 1886No. 886PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

117 U.S. 288 (1886)

THE CHEROKEE TRUST FUNDS.

EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS

v.

UNITED STATES AND CHEROKEE NATION, COMMONLY CALLED CHEROKEE NATION WEST.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued January 4, 5, 6, 1886.

Decided March 1, 1886.

APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS.

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Maury on behalf of the United States

Mr. Samuel Shellabarger and Mr. Jeremiah M. Wilson for appellants (Mr. Samuel J. Crawford and Mr. J.H. Gillpatrick were also on the brief, and Mr. W.T. Curtis was with them).

Mr. S.S. Burdett and Mr. William A. Phillips for appellees.

2Opinion of the Court · FieldJustice Field

This case comes before us on appeal…

3Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

4Cited by42 opinions

  1. Cherokee Nation v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary, Department of Interior Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary, Department of Interior Appeal of Caddo Tribe of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
  3. Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Indians v. WeickerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
  4. Healing v. JonesDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 1962
  5. Shulthis v. McDougalCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909

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