Legal Opinion
Weeks v. United States
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided December 18, 1975No. CIV-73-586-E and CIV-74-368-DPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.
These suits challenge the constitutionality of two federal statutes. The first, Pub.L. 90-508, 82 Stat. 861, 25 U.S.C.A. §§ 1181-1186, determines the Indian descendants who may participate in the distribution of an Indian Claims Commission award redressing a wrong by the United States under an 1818 treaty with *1316the Delaware Tribe. 7 Stat. 188.1 The second statute, Pub.L. 92-456, 86 Stat. 762, 25 U.S.C.A. §§ 1291-1297, performs the same function for a separate Indian Claims Commission award redressing a breach by the United States of an 1854 treaty with…
2Cases cited88 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. WeeksSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- State of Wis. v. BakerDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1978
- RONALD DELORME, AS HEREDITARY CHIEF OF THE LITTLE SHELL BAND OF INDIANS AND ITS GRAND COUNCIL, — v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, —Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
- Ronald Delorme v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
- Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. WeeksSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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