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Cherokee Nation Vs. Georgia

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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia - 30 U.S. 1 (1831) U.S. Supreme Court Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. 5 Pet. 1 1 (1831) Cherokee Nation v. Georgia 30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 1 Syllabus Motion for an injunction to prevent the execution of certain acts of the Legislature of the State of Georgia in the territory of the Cherokee Nation, on behalf of the Cherokee Nation, they claiming to proceed in the Supreme Court of the United States as a foreign state against the State of Georgia under the provision of the Constitution of the United States which gives to the Court jurisdiction in controversies in which a State of the United States or the citizens thereof, and a foreign state, citizens, or subjects thereof are parties. The Cherokee Nation is not a foreign state in the sense in which the terms "foreign state" is used in the Constitution of the United States. The third article of the Constitution of the United States describes the extent of the judicial power. The second section closes an en...