Legal Opinion
Navajo Tribe of Indians v. The United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided July 15, 1966No. 49692PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COLLINS, Judge.
As the result of a series of transactions beginning in 1942, the United States acquired certain oil and gas rights with respect to the Rattlesnake field, an area within the Navajo Indian Reservation. In this suit, which is based in part upon a special jurisdictional act 1 and in part upon 28 U.S.C. § 1505 (1964), plaintiff seeks additional compensation for those rights.
Three separate claims are presented. The first relates to an oil and gas lease, covering part of the Rattlesnake field, which was originally granted to Continental Oil Company in 1942. Subsequent to the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- United States v. Creek NationSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by64 opinions
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