Legal Opinion
Western Shoshone Legal Defense & Education Ass'n v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided February 18, 1976No. Appeal No. 3-75; Ind. Cl. Comm. Docket No. 326-KPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, Judge
In August 1951 the Shoshones timely filed a petition with the Indian Claims Commission setting forth, among other claims, a cause of action on behalf of the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nations (represented by plaintiff-appellee Temoak Bands of Western Shoshone Indians) for the taking without compensation of large acreage in Nevada and California, including lands covered by the Treaty with Western Bands of Shoshone Indians (Treaty of Ruby Valley), Oct. 1, 1863, 18 Stat. 689 (1875). The United States denied this alleged taking. In 1957 the Indians’ title to this land was tried before the…
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