Legal Opinion
Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided November 7, 1956No. 4-55PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARAMORE, Judge.
This is an appeal by the Sioux Tribe of Indians from an order of the Indian Claims Commission Docket No. 74 dismissing appellant’s petition alleging that it was unconscionably compensated by defendant for 7,345,157 acres of its permanent reservation, more commonly known as the Black Hills, taken from it by the appellee pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1877, 19 Stat. 254. 1 The claim is brought under section 2(3) and (5) of the Act of August 13, 1946, 60 Stat. 1049, 25 U.S.C.A. §§ 70a, 70, establishing an Indian Claims Commission and providing for the powers, duties, and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Lone Wolf v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Choate v. TrappSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- The Chinese Exclusion CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- United States v. Shoshone Tribe of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by17 opinions
- United States v. Sioux Nation of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Skokomish Indian Tribe v. E. L. France, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- United States v. Sioux Nation of IndiansUnited States Court of Claims · 1975
- Julia Nicodemus and R. H. Spencer v. Washington Water Power Company, a Corporation, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- American Indians Residing on the Maricopa-Ak Chin Reservation v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1981
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