Talton v. Mayes

Summary

The Supreme Court affirmed the district court’s denial of a habeas corpus petition, holding that the Fifth Amendment grand‑jury clause and the Fourteenth Amendment due‑process clause do not apply to prosecutions by the Cherokee Nation, that questions of tribal grand‑jury composition are matters for tribal courts, and that the petition fell outside the scope of §753 of the Revised Statutes. A dissent was entered by Justice Hablan.