Legal Opinion
The Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 6, 1993No. 92-5018PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1566PLAGER, Circuit Judge.
In this case, the Catawba Indian Tribe (the Tribe) alleges a series of wrongful acts by the United States Government which, the Tribe contends, caused substantial financial harm to the Tribe through the loss of some, if not all, of their ancestral lands.
After having failed in its effort to recover the actual lands themselves,1 the Tribe now asks compensation for the loss, and, on the basis of the Tucker Act, seeks the aid of the United States Claims Court2 in obtaining that compensation. The Claims Court, on the grounds that the relevant statutes of limitations have run…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- United States v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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- Henry Hendler, Paul Garrett, Tillie Goldring, as Trustees, and Henry Hendler and Irving Gronsky v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by114 opinions
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