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United States v. Kagama

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United States v. Kagama
by Samuel Freeman Miller
Syllabus

United States v. Kagama, 118 U.S. 375, 6 S.Ct. 1109, 30 L.Ed. 228 (1886), was a United States Supreme Court ruling that upheld the Constitutionality of the Major Crimes Act of 1885. This Congressional Act gave the federal courts jurisdiction in certain cases of crimes between Native Americans, even if the crimes were committed on an Indian Reservation.

798156United States v. Kagama — SyllabusSamuel Freeman Miller

United States Supreme Court

118 U.S. 375

United States  v.  Kagama

 Argued: May 10, 1886. ---

Atty. Gen. Garland and Sol. Gen. Goode, for the United states.

Jos. D. Redding, for defendants.

MILLER, J.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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