Legal Opinion
United States v. Lee
District Court, E.D. Oklahoma
Decided September 19, 1938No. 4460PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICE, District Judge.
This case has an interesting history which should be set out in some detail in order to better understand it. It involves a portion of the homestead allotment of Eliza Stechi, a fullblood Choctaw Indian. Ten acres of this homestead described as S.W. N.E. S.W. Section 15, Township 4 South, Range 2 West, is situated in Carter County in one of its oil fields. Eliza Stechi had two children, Sumner Stechi and Ledcie Stechi, born after March 4, 1906. Eliza, a resident of McCurtain County, Oklahoma, died in November, 1918. Sumner died on January 10, 1919, and Ledcie died in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Holmes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
- Grisso v. MilseySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1933
- United States ex rel. Warren v. IckesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1934
- Kimbro v. HarperSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. LeeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Ickes v. LedbetterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- Bermudez v. Government of the Virgin IslandsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1973
- United States v. LeeDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1941
- Phillip v. Government of the Virgin IslandsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1981