Legal Opinion
Seminole Nation v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 25, 1942No. 348PublishedCited by 271 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Murphy
This suit to adjudicate certain claims of the Seminole Nation against the United States growing out of various treaties, agreements, and acts of Congress is now before us for the second time. After we reversed, 299 U. S. 417, for want of jurisdiction in the Court of Claims, a previous
judgment of that court awarding the Seminole Nation $1,317,087.27, 1 the jurisdictional barrier was removed by-statute, 2 and the Seminole Nation then filed a second amended petition in the Court of Claims, reasserting the six items of claim previously denied by this Court on jurisdictional grounds. 3 The Court…
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