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Chickasaw Nation v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided May 5, 1941No. K-334PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJones, Judge

The Chickasaw Nation as plaintiff instituted this suit to recover the value of a one-fourth interest in certain lands in a triangular strip between two surveys of the eastern bound-aiy line of a general tract of land that had been ceded to the Choctaw Nation in 1825.

The plaintiff, the Chickasaw Nation, claims that by the Treaties of 1820 (7 Stat. 210), and 1825 (7 Stat. 234), the United States Government ceded a tract of land in Arkansas and Oklahoma to the Choctaw Nation; that in running the eastern boundary line of such tract an error was made; that the treaty called for a line running due…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
  2. United States v. KagamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Wisconsin Central Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. Shoshone Tribe of Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  5. Choctaw Nation v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. The Cherokee Nation or Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma, the Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation v. State of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
  2. Chickasaw Nation v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1951
  3. Choctaw Nation and Chickasaw Nation v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, and Davy C. ManerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
  4. Chickasaw Nation v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1945
  5. Chickasaw Nation v. Department of the InteriorDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2014

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