Legal Opinion
Swim v. Bergland
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1983No. Nos. 81-3479, 81-3526, 81-3530PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
These appeals involve the respective rights of certain non-Indian permittees and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes to graze cattle on federal lands within the Caribou National Forest in Idaho. At issue is the construction of two nineteenth-century legal covenants, the Fort Bridger Treaty of July 3, 1868 between the United States and the Eastern Band of Shoshone and Bannock Tribes, ratified on February 24, 1869, 15 Stat. 209 [p. 673], and the Agreement of February 5,1898 between the United States and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, ratified by the Act of June 6, 1900, 31 Stat. 672.
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- United States v. WinansSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians v. Director, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Township of Leland Village of NorthportCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
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