Legal Opinion

United States v. Clarke

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 18, 1980No. 78-1693PublishedCited by 288 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist

We granted the petition for certiorari of the United States in this case, 444 U. S. 822, to decide the question “[w]hether 25 U. S. C. [§] 357 authorizes a state or local government to ‘condemn’ allotted Indian trust lands by physical occupation.” Pet. for Cert. 2. That statute, in turn, provides in pertinent part:

“[LJands allotted in severalty to Indians may be condemned for any public purpose under the laws of the State or Territory where located in the same manner as land owned in fee may be condemned, and the money awarded as damages shall be paid to the allottee.” 31 Stat. 1084.

We think…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Dugan v. RankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. United States v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  4. Minnesota v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  5. United States v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947

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3Cited by288 opinions

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