Legal Opinion
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1996No. 95-35135PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Per curiam
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In 1987, three Native-American Sioux Tribes filed this suit contending Congress should not have allocated 25% of an Indian Claims Act judgment fund to nonmember lineal descendants of the aggrieved aboriginal tribe, which had dispersed in the 1860s. The plaintiff Tribes asserted eight claims for relief, including due process, unconstitutional taking, breach of contract, and breach of the 1968 Appropriations Act.
The district court dismissed the case on the ground that all of the claims were barred by the six-year statute of limitations (28 U.S.C. § 2401); we affirmed, with one exception.…
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- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5210, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 8421 Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, of the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, North Dakota and South Dakota, Individually and in Its Parens Patriae Capacity on Behalf of Its Members Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of the Devils Lake Sioux (Fort Totten) Indian Reservation, North Dakota, Individually and in Its Parens Patriae Capacity on Behalf of Its Members Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Council, of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, Individually and in Its Parens Patriae Capacity on Behalf of Its Members v. United States of America Manual Lujan, Jr., Individually and in His Capacity as Secretary of the Interior Nicholas Brady, Individually and in His Capacity as Secretary of the TreasuryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
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