Legal Opinion
United States v. Alcea Band of Tillamooks
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 25, 1946No. 26PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtChief Justice Vinson, joined by Justice Frankfurter, Justice Douglas, and Justice Murphy
Eleven Indian tribes have sued the United States in the Court of Claims under the Act of August 26, 1935,1 which gives that court jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate cases involving “any and all legal and equitable claims arising under or growing out of the original Indian title, claim, or rights in . . . the lands . . . occupied by the Indian tribes and bands described in” certain unratified *42treaties negotiated with Indian tribes in the Territory of Oregon.
Four of the tribes,2 the Tillamooks, Coquilles, Too-too-to-neys and Chetcos, successfully identified themselves as entitled to sue under…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Lone Wolf v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Johnson & Graham's Lessee v. McIntoshSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
- Martin v. Lessee of WaddellSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- Minnesota v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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3Cited by90 opinions
- Oneida Indian Nation v. County of OneidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Glidden Co. v. ZdanokSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. Sioux Nation of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Hynes, Regional Director, Fish & Wildlife Service v. Grimes Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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