Legal Opinion
United States v. National Gypsum Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 31, 1944No. 97PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The United States brought suit at the request of the Secretary of the Interior on behalf of the Tonawanda Tribe or Band of Seneca Indians to have two leases of lands *860in their Reservation in Western New York which are held by the defendant, National Gypsum Company, declared void. The People of the State of New York were made a party to the suit. Both the National Gypsum Company and the State interposed answers praying that the complaint be dismissed.
The District Court held that the leases and Section 85 of the Act of the New York Legislature approved February…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. Midwest Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- United States v. FornessCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- United States v. National Gypsum Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1942
3Cited by3 opinions
- Peters v. NoonanDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2012
- Seneca Nation of Indians v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965
- Andrews v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1948