Legal Opinion
Citizen Band of Potawatomi Indians v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 14, 1967No. Appeal No. 6-65; 11 Ind. Cl. Comm. 693 (1962); 15 Ind. Cl. Comm. 232 (1965)PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNichols, Judge
This case involves, as its controlling issue, the interpretation of a treaty entered into on August 24,1816 (7 Stat. 146), between the United States and “the chiefs and warriors of the united tribes of Ottawas, Chipawas, and Pottowotomees, residing on the Illinois and Melwakee rivers, and their waters, and on the southwestern parts of Lake Michigan,” hereinafter referred to as the United Nation.
The United Nation’s present successors1 claim, additional compensation for land ceded to them under the above treaty and receded by them to the United States under a later treaty of July 29,1829 (7…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Tulee v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Choctaw Nation v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. Shoshone Tribe of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Miami Tribe of Oklahoma v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1959
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3Cited by25 opinions
- The United States v. The Northern Paiute NationUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
- Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas v. Patricia R. Harris, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Thomas C. Pollgreen v. Raymond A. Morris, District Director of the United States Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Strong v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1975
- The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1971
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