Legal Opinion
St. Marie v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 3, 1940No. 9089PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANEY, Circuit Judge.
Eighteen suits were brought by members of the Agua Caliente band of Mission Indians to obtain adjudications that allotments of tribal lands had been made to them, and that they were entitled to trust allotment patents. The cases were consolidated for trial, and decrees were entered against the Indians, of which review is here sought.
There are several bands of Mission Indians. The Act of January 12, 1891, Ch. 65, 26 Stat. 712, hereafter called the Mission Indian Act, was enacted “for the relief” of such Indians. The act provided, in general, for the selection of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Ballinger v. United States Ex Rel. FrostSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Hy-Yu-Tse-Mil-Kin v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Lemieux v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Fairbanks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Arenas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Stevens v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- John W. Preston, Jr., Personally and as of the Estate of John W. Preston, Deceased, Oliver O. Clark and David D. Sallee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- Sam Rabin v. Henry Cohen, B & H Processing Co., and Peterson Manufacturing Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. PrestonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
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