Legal Opinion
Prairie Band of Pottawatomie Tribe of Indians v. Puckkee
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1963No. 7243PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAH, Chief Judge.
Certain members of the “Prairie Band” of the Pottawatomie Indians brought this suit, against other named members of the same Band, the Secretary of Interior, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and an Area Field Representative.1 The suit seeks a declaration of complainants’ rights in Congressionally appropriated funds, in payment of a money judgment of the Indian Claims Commission, in favor of the Pottawatomie Nation. Diversity jurisdiction is not asserted, and the trial Court dismissed the suit, as one not involving a substantial Federal question under 28 U.S.C. § 1331, nor…
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