Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Pueblo of Santa Ana

Justice Brennan, with whom Justice Marshall and Justice Blackmun join,

dissenting.

Section 17 of the Pueblo Lands Act of 1924, 43 Stat. 641-642, provides in full:

“No right, title, or interest in or to the lands of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico to which their title has not been extinguished as hereinbefore determined shall hereafter be acquired or initiated by virtue of the laws of the State of New Mexico, or in any other manner except as may hereafter be provided by Congress, and no sale, grant, lease of any character, or other conveyance of lands, or any title or claim thereto, made by any…