Legal Opinion

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. The United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided April 5, 1963No. 11-61PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIS, Judge.

We are called upon in this interlocutory appeal by the Indians1 to decide *908whether the Indian Claims Commission erred in lopping off two eastern and northern segments from a large area in Minnesota which it ruled was otherwise held by Indian title in 1855 when the United States acquired the region by cession. 8 Ind.Cl.Comm. 781, Docket 18-B (1960). Though evidently dissatisfied with the award of the remainder of the area to the Indians, the United States • has not sought its own interlocutory appeal, preferring, it appears, to await the final termination of the suit after the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Hynes, Regional Director, Fish & Wildlife Service v. Grimes Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. Northwestern Bands of Shoshone Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. United States v. Old SettlersSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. Cherokee Nation v. JourneycakeSupreme Court of the United States · 1894

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. WeeksSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. LAC Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. VoigtCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  3. The Snoqualmie Tribe of Indians, on Its Own Behalf, and on Relation of the Skykomish Tribe of Indians v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
  4. Bentley L. Holt and Bonnie J. Holt v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
  5. Sac & Fox Tribe of Indians v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963

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