United States v. Rogers

United States v. Rogers
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 2, 1846 Decided March 9, 1846
Full case name	United States v. William S. Rogers
Citations	45 U.S. 567 (more) 4 How. 567; 11 L. Ed. 1105
Holding
A white man, adopted into an Indian tribe, does not become an Indian for the purposes of criminal jurisdiction.
Court membership
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney Associate Justices John McLean · James M. Wayne John Catron · John McKinley Peter V. Daniel · Samuel Nelson Levi Woodbury
Case opinion
Majority	Taney

United States v. Rogers, 45 U.S. (4 How.) 567 (1846), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States holding that a white man, adopted into an Indian tribe, does not become an Indian for the purposes of criminal jurisdiction.