Legal Opinion
Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Hollowbreast
District Court, D. Montana
Decided September 29, 1972No. Civ. 883PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION
JAMESON, District Judge.
This is a class action brought pursuant to Public Law 90-424, approved July 24, 1968 (82 Stat. 424), which amended Section 3 of the Act of June 3, 1926 (44 Stat. 690), as amended by the Acts of July 24, 1947 (61 Stat. 418) and September 22, 1961 (75 Stat. 586), to reserve in perpetuity the minerals underlying the Northern Cheyenne reservation for the benefit of the plaintiff Tribe.
Under prior acts the minerals would have become the property of the allot-tees, their heirs and devisees, in 1976, Section 3 of the Act of June 3, 1926 providing :
“Sec. 3.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- United States v. KagamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Stephens v. Cherokee NationSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- United States v. Shoshone Tribe of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Morrison v. SebeliusSupreme Court of Kansas · 2008
- Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. HollowbreastSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Western Energy Co. v. Genie Land Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1981
- The Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Northern Cheyenne Class of Allottees, Heirs and Devisees, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Elva L. Littlechief Williamson and James Bowen, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Myron L. LittlebirdCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Northern Cheyenne Class of AllotteesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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