Legal Opinion
Halbert v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 1931No. 141-154PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
These suits were brought in the District Court for the Western District of Washington to establish and enforce asserted rights to allotments, each of 80 acres, in the Quinaielt Indian Reservation in the southwestern part of that State. Authority for bringing the suits is found in the statute providing that any person who is “ in whole or in part of Indian blood or descent ” and claims to be entitled to an allotment of land under any law of Congress may prosecute a suit against the United States to determine and give effect to such right. The suits were heard together in the District Court,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sligh v. KirkwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Cherokee Nation v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Gritts v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Sizemore v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Hy-Yu-Tse-Mil-Kin v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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3Cited by38 opinions
- United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. DodgeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Scholder v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Confederated Tribes of Chehalis Indian Reservation v. WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Indian Reservation v. LujanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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