Legal Opinion
Confederated Bands of Ute Indians v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 31, 1947No. 141PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
Petitioners brought this action in the Court of Claims under the Act of June 28, 1938, 52 Stat. 1209, as amended, 55 Stat. 593, to recover compensation for lands made available to them by an 1875 Executive Order of the President and subsequently taken from them by the United States. Their claim was that by an Act of 1880, Congress had undertaken to sell these lands for the benefit of the petitioners, but that they had never been compensated for them. The Court of Claims, one judge concurring specially, made findings of fact and concluded as a matter of law that petitioners had no compensable…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Choctaw Nation v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Ute Indians v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1910
- Ute Indians v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1911
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- United States v. WashingtonDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1974
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- Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v. Tommy G. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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