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United States v. John, 437 U.S. 634 (1978)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
United States v. John, 437 U.S. 634 (1978)
United States v. John No. 77-836 Argued April 19, 1978 Decided June 23, 1978 * 437 U.S. 634
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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Lands designated as a reservation for Choctaw Indians residing in central Mississippi. held, on the basis of the history of the relations between the Mississippi Choctaws and the United States, to be "Indian country," as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 1151 (1976 ed.) to include "land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States Government," and as used in the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153, which makes any Indian who commits certain specified offenses
within the Indian country . . . subject to the same laws and penalties as all other persons committing [such] offenses, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.
Neither the fact that the Choctaws in Mississippi are merely a remnant of a larger group of Indians nor the fact that federal supervision over them has not been continuous affects the federal power to deal with them under these statutes. Hence, the Major Crimes Act provided a proper basis for federal prosecution of a Choctaw Indian for assault with intent to kill (one of the specified offenses) occurring on such lands, and Mississippi had no power similarly to prosecute him for the same offense. Pp. 638-654.
No. 77-836, 560 F.2d 1202, reversed and remanded; No. 77-575, 347 So.2d 959, reversed.
BLACKMUN, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
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