Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation

Target entity: Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation
Context triple: [Doctrine of Discovery, appliedInCourtCase, Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation]

• A. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
  Cherokee Nation v. Georgia was an 1831 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Cherokee Nation was a "domestic dependent nation" lacking standing to sue as a foreign nation, a ruling that shaped federal Indian law and the context of Indian Removal.
• B. Alden v. Maine
  Alden v. Maine is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded state sovereign immunity by holding that states are generally immune from private suits for damages in their own courts under federal law.
• C. Downes v. Bidwell
  Downes v. Bidwell is a 1901 U.S. Supreme Court case that helped establish the "Insular Cases" doctrine, holding that full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to all territories under American control.
• D. Timbs v. Indiana
  Timbs v. Indiana is a 2019 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
• E. Briggs v. Elliott
  Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation
Target entity description: Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court denied the Oneida Indian Nation sovereign authority over reacquired ancestral lands, emphasizing equitable doctrines and long-standing non-Indian governance.

• A. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
  Cherokee Nation v. Georgia was an 1831 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Cherokee Nation was a "domestic dependent nation" lacking standing to sue as a foreign nation, a ruling that shaped federal Indian law and the context of Indian Removal.
• B. Alden v. Maine
  Alden v. Maine is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded state sovereign immunity by holding that states are generally immune from private suits for damages in their own courts under federal law.
• C. Downes v. Bidwell
  Downes v. Bidwell is a 1901 U.S. Supreme Court case that helped establish the "Insular Cases" doctrine, holding that full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to all territories under American control.
• D. Timbs v. Indiana
  Timbs v. Indiana is a 2019 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
• E. Briggs v. Elliott
  Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
• F. None of above. chosen