Legal Opinion
Temoak Band of Western Shoshone Indians v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided February 21, 1979No. Appeal No. 1-78 Ind. Cl. Comm. Docket No. 326-KPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNichols, Judge
Both sides appeal from a judgment of the Indian Claims Commission relating to the claim of the Western Shoshones for taking of aboriginal title lands in the present States of California and Nevada. The claimants long prosecuted the claim on the basis that the entire tract was taken on a date to be determined, and because of this the claim of the Indians was money compensation only. In 1974 a group of Shoshones attempted to intervene, asserting that the claimants still own much of the tract. They wanted a stay or suspension to allow their position to be developed and *350presented. See Western…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. Choctaw NationSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- The United States v. The Northern Paiute NationUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
- Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
- Western Shoshone Legal Defense & Education Ass'n v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1976
- United States v. Northern Paiute NationUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- McCarthy v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1982
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