St. Marie v. United States

(dissenting)-

This is an appeal from the holding of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division, to the effect that certain selections for allotments made by appellants on the Mission Indian Reservation at Agua Caliente or Palm Springs,-California, under the authorization of the Secretary of the Interior, vested no rights in the allottees because the Secretary had not approved these allotments after their selection.

Appellants are duly enrolled and recognized members of the Palm Springs Band of Mission Indians of (California.

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