Project Gutenberg 2009-07-26 Public domain in the USA. 219 Marshall, John 1755 1835 Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, at January Term, 1832, Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in the Case of Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, versus the State of Georgia With a Statement of the Case, Extracted from the Records of the Supreme Court of the United States Meredith Bach, Dave Morgan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, at January Term, 1832, delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall" is a legal document detailing a pivotal case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court during the early 19th century. This book falls under the category of legal publication and addresses the principles of jurisdiction and sovereignty concerning Native American tribes and state authority. The text is rooted in the historical context of the early American republic, particularly focusing on issues surrounding Cherokee autonomy and state encroachments. The case specifically revolves around Samuel A. Worcester, who was indicted by the State of Georgia for residing in the Cherokee Nation without a license. Worcester contended that his presence in the Cherokee territory, where he was serving as a missionary under U.S. authority, fell outside the jurisdiction of Georgia's laws due to treaties recognizing the Cherokee Nation's sovereignty. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled in favor of Worcester, asserting that the laws enacted by Georgia violated federal treaties and were unconstitutional. This landmark decision affirmed the principle that Native American nations possess sovereignty and established the precedence for federal authority over state interference in Native American affairs. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Worcester, S. A. (Samuel Austin), 1798-1859 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Cherokee Indians -- Missions -- Georgia Georgia -- Trials, litigation, etc. KF Text Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Law & Criminology Category: Politics 111371 2025-10-12T08:06:48.400795 text/html 110142 2021-10-24T13:01:12 text/html 152338 2025-10-12T08:06:54.884753 application/epub+zip 151801 2025-10-12T08:06:52.131748 application/epub+zip 94623 2025-10-12T08:06:50.805763 application/epub+zip 370109 2025-10-12T08:06:56.764715 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362294 2025-10-12T08:06:54.067738 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117099 2022-09-13T15:45:06.095619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 99498 2025-10-12T08:06:48.082762 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 99378 2021-10-24T13:03:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19641 2025-10-12T08:06:56.898743 application/rdf+xml 26573 2025-10-12T08:06:51.375737 image/jpeg 4845 2025-10-12T08:06:51.090748 image/jpeg 31715 2021-10-24T13:03:27 application/octet-stream application/zip 32564 2021-10-24T13:03:49 application/octet-stream application/zip 148795 2025-10-12T08:06:48.409815 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia