Legal Opinion
United States v. Hellard
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 22, 1944No. 648PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
The question in this case is whether full-blood Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes may be divested of title to restricted land by a sale in partition proceedings to which the United States is not a party.
A full-blood Creek Indian died leaving heirs of the full blood. They inherited certain lands from her, lands which were subject to restrictions on alienation both in her hands and in the hands of the heirs. By § 2 of the Act of June 14,1918 (25 U. S. C. § 355,40 Stat. 606) Congress declared that such lands were “made subject to the laws of the State of Oklahoma, providing for the partition…
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