what decision did the supreme court make in the worcester vs. georgia case
Worcester v. Georgia
Chief Justice John Marshall laid out in this opinion that the relationship between the Indian Nations and the United States is that of nations . He reasoned that the United States , in the character of the federal government , inherited the rights of Great Britain as they were held by that nation . Those rights , he stated , include the sole right to deal with the Indian nations in North America , to the exclusion of any other European power . This did not include the rights of possession to their land or political dominion over their laws . He acknowledged that the exercise of conquest and purchase can give political dominion , but those are in the hands of the federal government , and individual states had no authority in American Indian affairs . Georgia 's statute was therefore invalid . 
Chief Justice John Marshall laid out in this opinion that the relationship between the Indian Nations and the United States is that of nations . He reasoned that the United States , in the character of the federal government , inherited the rights of Great Britain as they were held by that nation . Those rights , he stated , include the sole right to deal with the Indian nations in North America , to the exclusion of any other European power . This did not include the rights of possession to their land or political dominion over their laws . He acknowledged that the exercise of conquest and purchase can give political dominion , but those are in the hands of the federal government , and individual states had no authority in American Indian affairs . Georgia 's statute was therefore invalid .
Chief Justice John Marshall acknowledged that the exercise of conquest and purchase can give political dominion, but those are in the hands of the federal government, and individual states had no authority in American Indian affairs. Georgia's statute was therefore invalid.
Chief Justice John Marshall laid out in this opinion that the relationship between the Indian Nations and the United States is that of nations . He acknowledged that the exercise of conquest and purchase can give political dominion , but those are in the hands of the federal government , and individual states had no authority in American Indian affairs . Georgia 's statute was therefore invalid .