United States v. Kagama
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United States v. Kagama is an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal authority over crimes committed by Native Americans on reservations, reinforcing congressional power in Indian affairs.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States v. Kagama canonical | 2 |
| United States v. Kagama (1886) | 1 |
| United States v. Kagama, 118 U.S. 375 (1886) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3133470 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Kagama Context triple: [Morrison R. Waite, presidedOver, United States v. Kagama]
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A.
Korematsu v. United States
Korematsu v. United States is a landmark 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the wartime internment of Japanese Americans, later widely condemned as a grave civil liberties violation.
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B.
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. is a landmark 1936 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly affirmed the president’s independent and plenary authority in conducting foreign affairs.
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C.
The Prize Cases
The Prize Cases were a landmark 1863 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld President Abraham Lincoln’s authority to blockade Confederate ports without a formal declaration of war, expanding the scope of executive war powers.
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D.
Hirabayashi v. United States
Hirabayashi v. United States is a 1943 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the wartime curfew and restrictions imposed on Japanese Americans during World War II.
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E.
Yick Wo v. Hopkins
Yick Wo v. Hopkins is an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racially discriminatory enforcement of a facially neutral law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Kagama Target entity description: United States v. Kagama is an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal authority over crimes committed by Native Americans on reservations, reinforcing congressional power in Indian affairs.
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A.
Korematsu v. United States
Korematsu v. United States is a landmark 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the wartime internment of Japanese Americans, later widely condemned as a grave civil liberties violation.
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B.
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. is a landmark 1936 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly affirmed the president’s independent and plenary authority in conducting foreign affairs.
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C.
The Prize Cases
The Prize Cases were a landmark 1863 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld President Abraham Lincoln’s authority to blockade Confederate ports without a formal declaration of war, expanding the scope of executive war powers.
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D.
Hirabayashi v. United States
Hirabayashi v. United States is a 1943 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the wartime curfew and restrictions imposed on Japanese Americans during World War II.
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E.
Yick Wo v. Hopkins
Yick Wo v. Hopkins is an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racially discriminatory enforcement of a facially neutral law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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federal Indian law case ⓘ |
| affects |
criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country
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tribal sovereignty ⓘ |
| concerns |
crimes committed by Native Americans on reservations
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federal-tribal relations ⓘ limits of tribal sovereignty ⓘ |
| hasCitation | 118 U.S. 375 ⓘ |
| hasCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | 1886-05-10 ⓘ |
| hasDefendant | Kagama ⓘ |
| hasFullCitation |
United States v. Kagama
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
United States v. Kagama, 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
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| hasJurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| hasJustice |
Horace Gray
ⓘ
John Marshall Harlan ⓘ Joseph P. Bradley ⓘ Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
surface form:
Morrison Waite
Samuel Blatchford ⓘ Samuel Freeman Miller ⓘ Stanley Matthews ⓘ Stephen Johnson Field ⓘ William Burnham Woods ⓘ |
| hasKeyDoctrine |
guardian-ward theory of federal-tribal relations
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plenary power doctrine ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasLegalArea |
constitutional law
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criminal law ⓘ federal Indian law ⓘ |
| hasOpinionAuthor | Samuel Freeman Miller ⓘ |
| hasPage | 375 ⓘ |
| hasPlaintiff |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasReporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Major Crimes Act
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congressional power over Indian affairs ⓘ federal jurisdiction over crimes in Indian Country ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfParty |
Native American defendant
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federal government as plaintiff ⓘ |
| hasVolume | 118 ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1886 ⓘ |
| held |
Congress has authority to exercise criminal jurisdiction over certain major crimes committed by Native Americans on reservations
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Major Crimes Act ⓘ
surface form:
the Major Crimes Act is constitutional
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| interprets |
United States Constitution
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surface form:
U.S. Constitution
scope of congressional power over Indian tribes ⓘ |
| isLocatedInReporter |
United States Reports
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surface form:
United States Reports, volume 118
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| precededBy | Ex parte Crow Dog ⓘ |
| reinforced | plenary power of Congress over Indian affairs ⓘ |
| upheldStatute | Major Crimes Act of 1885 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: United States v. Kagama Description of subject: United States v. Kagama is an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal authority over crimes committed by Native Americans on reservations, reinforcing congressional power in Indian affairs.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Morrison R. Waite
this entity surface form:
United States v. Kagama (1886)
this entity surface form:
United States v. Kagama, 118 U.S. 375 (1886)