Legal Opinion

Affiliated UTE Citizens of Utah v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided June 19, 1970No. 175-68PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Per curiam

This is an action wherein the plaintiff seeks to have conveyed to its individual members, “pro rata,” a portion of the oil, gas, and minerals underlying the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah.

The plaintiff is an unincorporated association organized for and on behalf of some 490 mixed-bloods who were formerly or may be now members of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. The Congress- enacted Public Law No. 83-671 (25 U.S.C. §§ 677-677aa) which provides for the termination of the trust relationship with the mixed-blood members of this Ute Tribe and for the distribution to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Naganab v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  2. Lee Motah and Horace Noyabad v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
  3. United States v. PrestonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
  4. Lena Harkins and Adam Harkins, for Themselves and for All Those Members of the Five Civilized Tribes Similarly Situated v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Murdock v. Ute Indian Tribe of Uintah & Ouray ReservationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
  3. Felter v. SalazarDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
  4. Murdock v. Ute Indian Tribe Of Uintah And Ouray ReservationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
  5. Mary C. Vicenti, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972

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