Legal Opinion
Shoshone Tribe of Indians v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 4, 1937No. Nos. 216, 328PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Caedozo
The Shoshone Tribe of Indians of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming has sued the United States in the Court of Claims for the breach of treaty stipulations, whereby the tribe has been permanently excluded from the possession and enjoyment of an undivided half interest in the tribal lands. Jurisdiction to hear the claim was conferred upon the Court of Claims by an act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1349, Part II), which, so far as its provisions are now material, is quoted in the margin. 1 The court gave judgment for the claimant. Neither party to the controversy was satisfied with the award of…
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