Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United States

An Act of Congress, dated September 3, 1935, 49 Stat. 1085, conferred jurisdiction upon this Court to hear and decide the claim involved herein and other claims of the Menominee Tribe of Indians against the United States. The instant claim is for alleged maladministration by the Government in the salvaging of timber on the plaintiff’s reservation blown down by a windstorm on July 16, 1905. Under Rule 39 (a) of this Court, we first heard and determined the question whether the Government was guilty of maladministration in the circumstances and was liable to the plaintiff in damages. Our…