Legal Opinion

Minnesota v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 3, 1939No. 73PublishedCited by 515 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Brandéis

delivered the opinion of the-Court.

Minnesota brought in a court of the State this proceeding to take by condemnation pursuant to its laws a right of way for a highway over nine allotted parcels of land which form parts of the Grand Portage Indian Reservation, granted for the Band of Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior by Treaty of September 30, 1854 (10 Stat. 1109) and the Act of Congress, January 14, 1889, c. 24, 25 Stat. 642. The parcels had been allotted in severalty to individual Indians by trust'patents. The highway was located pursuant to requirements of the…

2Cases cited29 opinions

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  5. United States v. RickertSupreme Court of the United States · 1903

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