Legal Opinion
United States v. Washington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1956No. 14715PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHES, District Judge.
The Government appeals from a judgment dismissing “with prejudice”, after trial, an action against the State of Washington and the other appellees to quiet the title to certain Washington real property claimed by the United States of America as trustee for certain Indian wards.
Jurisdiction was invoked under 28 U.S. C. § 1345, but the assertion of jurisdiction is challenged at the outset with the claim that, by virtue of sovereign immunity, the District Court had no jurisdiction over the person of the State of Washington.
The argument is that since the Constitution…
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