Legal Opinion
Siniscal v. United States United States v. Siniscal
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1953No. 13681_1PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court which ordered all transactions involved in a transfer of allotted Indian lands set aside as void, and a cross-appeal from that portion of the judgment which ordered the return of the consideration to the purchaser.
The lands in question are located near Gold Beach, Oregon. Jasper Grant and Harold F. Thornton were the heirs of five original Indian allottees of the land which is held in trust by the United States Government. Patrick Gray, a forester employed in the Forestry Division of the Indian Office, made an…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Heckman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Lemke v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States v. Trinidad Coal & Coking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Hall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
3Cited by34 opinions
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- Joint Tribal Council of the Passamaquoddy Tribe v. MortonDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1975
- Robinson v. New Jersey Mercer County Vicinage-Family DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2013
- Navajo Nation v. San Juan CountyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2019
- Rincon Band of Mission Indians, La Jolla Band of Mission Indians v. Escondido Mutual Water CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
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