Legal Opinion
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
United States Court of Claims
Decided May 21, 1982No. 188PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This case comes before the court on defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ Exception No. 25 on the grounds of res judicata and statute of limitations. It is one of several related cases brought under the Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946, 25 U.S.C. §70 et seq., 60 Stat. 1049, docket Nos. 19, 188, 189-A. 189-B, 189-C, and 19 and 189-A consolidated.
Plaintiffs, by Exception No. 25, seek to hold the government liable "[f]or failure to pay compensation for the value of flowage easements over tribal lands, which flowage easements were acquired pursuant to the Act of June 7, 1897, ch. 3, 30…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Lone Wolf v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Shoshone Tribe of Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- The Snoqualmie Tribe of Indians, on Its Own Behalf, and on Relation of the Skykomish Tribe of Indians v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
- Chippewa Indians of Minn. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- United States v. Sioux Nation of IndiansUnited States Court of Claims · 1975
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Confederated Tribes of Colville Reservation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
- Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1986
- Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1987
- The Confederated Tribes Of The Colville Reservation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992