Talton v. Mayes

Talton v. Mayes
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 16, 1896 Decided May 18, 1896
Full case name	Talton v. Mayes
Citations	163 U.S. 376 (more) 16 S. Ct. 986, 41 L. Ed. 196, 1896 U.S. LEXIS 2276
Holding
The individual rights protections, which limit federal, and later, state governments, do not apply to tribal government.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices Stephen J. Field · John M. Harlan Horace Gray · David J. Brewer Henry B. Brown · George Shiras Jr. Edward D. White · Rufus W. Peckham
Case opinions
Majority	White, joined by Fuller, Field, Gray, Brewer, Brown, Shiras, Peckham
Dissent	Harlan

Talton v. Mayes, 163 U.S. 376 (1896), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case, in which the court decided that the individual rights protections, which limit federal, and later, state governments, do not apply to tribal government.^[1] It reaffirmed earlier decisions, such as the 1831 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia case, that gave Indian tribes the status of "domestic dependent nations," the sovereignty of which is independent of the federal government.