Legal Opinion
Cherokee Freedmen & Cherokee Freedmen's Ass'n v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided May 10, 1963No. Appeal No. 2-62PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
This is an appeal from a decision of the Indian Claims Commission dismissing appellants’ claims on the ground that they were individual (rather than group) claims, over which the Commission has no jurisdiction. 10 Ind. Cl. Comm. 109 (Docket No. 123). Admittedly, if the claims are individual the Commission lacks authority to entertain them under the Indian Claims Commission Act which grants jurisdiction only to hear “claims against the United States on behalf of any Indian tribe, band, or other identifiable group of American Indians.” See 25 U.S.C. 70a; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Woodward v. De GraffenriedSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
- United States Ex Rel. Lowe v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Cherokee Nation & United States v. WhitmireSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Whitmire v. Cherokee NationUnited States Court of Claims · 1895
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3Cited by24 opinions
- The Cherokee Nation, and Its Attorneys, Paul M. Niebell, Earl Boyd Pierce, George E. Norvell, and Dennis W. Bushyhead v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966
- Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
- Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
- Wolfchild v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2004
- Western Shoshone Legal Defense & Education Ass'n v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1976
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