Legal Opinion
Tlingit & Haida Indians v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided January 19, 1968No. 47900PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLaeamoee, Judge
The Act of June 19,1935,49 Stat. 388, ch. 275 (as amended by Act of June 5,1942, 56 Stat. 323, and Act of June 4,1945, 59 Stat. 231) gave this court jurisdiction to adjudicate all claims which the Tlingit and Haida Indians may have against the United' States, including compensation owed both for land and other tribal property rights in southeastern Alaska expropriated by the United States and for the failure of, and refusal by, the United States to protect those property rights from usurpation by non-Indians.
By our decision of October 7, 1959 (Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alasha v. United…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Olson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Shively v. BowlbySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Geer v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- United States v. WinansSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Johnson & Graham's Lessee v. McIntoshSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
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3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa IndiansUnited States Court of Claims · 1979
- The United States v. The Northern Paiute NationUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
- Coast Indian Community v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1977
- Stephenson v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1994
- United States v. Fort Sill Apache Tribe of OklahomaUnited States Court of Claims · 1973
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