Legal Opinion
Jones v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided December 9, 1985No. 597-84LPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOZINSKI, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs, members of the Nez Perce Tribe, sue the United States claiming damages for a breach of trust that appears to have been established by earlier judicial proceedings. Defendant moves to dismiss, arguing that the claim is barred by the statute of limitations.
Facts
Plaintiffs are successors in interest to Hattie Davis Rogers who, in 1912, was allotted property in Nez Perce County, Idaho, as part of a disbursement of reservation lands to individual indians. The property was held in trust by the United States pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 348 (1982). Hattie Davis…
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