25 U.S.C. § 217
Section 217 · 217 to 218. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 21, 62 Stat. 862
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case Williams v. United States (1946)
Most recently applied in United States v. Smith (May 2019)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section 217, R.S. 2145, related to general laws as to punishment extended to Indian country. See sections 1151 and 1152 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Section 217a, act June 8, 1940, ch. 276, 54 Stat. 249, related to jurisdiction of Kansas over offenses committed by or against Indians or reservations. See section 3243 of Title 18. Section 218, R.S. 2146; act Feb. 18, 1875, ch. 80, 1, 18 Stat. 318, related to exceptions as to extension of general laws. See sections 1151 and 1152 of Title 18.