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Although the elapsed time from the missionaries' arrest to the Supreme Court's decision was a little more than five-and-a-half months, the Supreme Court released its decision twelve days after oral arguments concluded.

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In Worcester v. Georgia, the US Supreme Court decided the states (in this case, Georgia) had no right to redraw the boundaries of Native American territories, nor to require white people to purchase a license to live on the land. As a result, the lower court decision convicting seven missionaries to four years hard labor for refusing to purchase a permit to live on Cherokee land was reversed.

From the time the Plaintiffs were convicted in Georgia Superior Court, Gwinnett County, Georgia, on September 15, 1831 through argument before the Supreme Court on February 20, 1832, until the final decision rendered by the Marshall Court on March 3, 1832, about five-and-a-half months elapsed. The Supreme Court released its decision twelve days after oral arguments concluded.

Chief Justice: John Marshall
Vote: 6-1
Dissenting: Associate Justice Baldwin

Case Citation:
Worcester v. Georgia, 31 US 515 (1832)

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