Cherokee Nation v. Moses Whitmire

Mr. William W. Hastings for the Cherokee Nation.

Assistant Attorney General John Q. Thompson and Mr. George M. Anderson for the United States.

Messrs. Samuel A. Putman, Charles Poe, and Robert H. Kern for appellee.

Messrs. George S. Ramsey, Charles M. Rice, C. C. Calhoun, Frank J. Boudinot, John J. Hemphill, and Daniel B. Henderson as amici curioe.

Mr. Justice McKenna delivered the opinion of the court: