Legal Opinion
United States v. Mottaz
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 11, 1986No. 85-546PublishedCited by 323 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
The question presented by this case is whether respondent’s suit against the United States is time barred. In 1954, the Government sold respondent’s interests in three Indian allotments to the United States Forest Service for inclusion in the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota. Respondent claims that the sale was void. We hold that respondent’s suit is an action “to adjudicate a disputed title to real property in which the United States claims an interest,” within the meaning of the Quiet Title Act of 1972, 28 U. S. C. §2409a(a), and therefore is barred by that Act’s 12-year period of…
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