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Opinion in Worcester v. Georgia

Opinion of the Supreme Court of 1832 holding Georgia’s law on the Cherokee Nation void.

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  1. 1832 Opinion in Worcester v. Georgia
  2. 1832 John Marshall authored Opinion in Worcester v. Georgia
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  1. Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515 (1832), Supreme Court of the United States (text via Cornell LII), 1832. Primary record
    The act of the state of Georgia, under which the plaintiff in error was prosecuted, is consequently void, and the judgment a nullity.
    The Cherokee nation, then, is a distinct community occupying its own territory
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