The state of Georgia did not have the power to evict the Cherokee from their ancestral lands, the United States Supreme Court held in Worcester v. Georgia in 1832.
How did the Worcester v. Georgia ruling affect the Cherokee Nation?
However, the United States Supreme Court decided that the Cherokee Nation was sovereign in Worcester v. Georgia one year later. John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States, reached the conclusion that Georgia had no authority to impose state laws within its borders.
The Cherokee Nation was "a different political society" within which Georgia law did not apply, the Supreme Court ruled in Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the case's appeal, which involved the Cherokee Nation. This made the Georgia statute unconstitutional.
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