Legal Opinion
Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided June 7, 1954No. 50385PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MADDEN, Judge.
This is a suit by the Tee-hit-ton Indians, a “clan” of American Indians in Alaska. They are descendants of the earliest known native inhabitants of an area of land in southeastern Alaska. They claim that a compensable interest in land belonging to them was taken when the United States, on August 20, 1951, agreed to sell to a pulp and paper company all merchantable timber on a specified portion of the land. The Government’s agreement was authorized by two statutes, the most directly pertinent of which is the Joint Resolution of August 8, 1947, 61 Stat. 920. Our jurisdiction is…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. Santa Fe Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Hynes, Regional Director, Fish & Wildlife Service v. Grimes Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. Alcea Band of TillamooksSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- United States v. Alcea Band of TillamooksSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Miller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Whitefoot v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1961
- Wolfchild v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2004
- Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2006
- The Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska and Harry Douglas, Intervenors v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
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