Legal Opinion
United States v. Payne
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 7, 1924No. 240PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
Appellee, an Indian of the Quileute tribe, brought suit in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington to determine his right to an allotment of an eighty-acre tract of land in the Quinaielt Indian Reservation in that State. Authority for bringing the suit is found in 28 Stat. 305, c. 290, as amended by 31 Stat. 760, c. 217. The treaty with the Quileute and other Indians, made in 1855, among other things, provides for the removal and settlement of these Indians upon a reservation to be selected for them by the President, and for the payment by the United States of $2,500…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jones v. MeehanSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Hauenstein v. LynhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Chew Heong v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Choctaw Nation v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Johnson v. Bridal Veil Lumbering Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1893
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3Cited by55 opinions
- United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Cook v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Morrison v. WorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Northwestern Bands of Shoshone Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Sohappy v. SmithDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1969
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