Legal Opinion
United States v. Cattaraugus County
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided June 4, 1946No. Civ. No. 2724PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNIGHT, District Judge.
The complaint, averring that this action is brought “under the authority of the Attorney General of the United States and at the request of the Secretary of the Interior of the United States, in its own behalf, and in behalf of the Seneca Nation of Indians,” proceeds to allege that this court’s jurisdiction is invoked under Section 24(1) of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C.A. § 41(1); that the Seneca Nation was and now is the owner of three described tracts of land within the Allegany Indian Reservation in the defendant county; that defendant unlawfully and without authority…
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- Leimer v. State Mut. Life Assur. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
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- Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of Indians, Eagle Butte, South Dakota v. United States of America and Peter Hiatt, Eagle Butte, South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- Yap v. Wah Yen Ki Tuk Tsen Nin HueHawaii Supreme Court · 1958
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