Legal Opinion
De San Juan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1931No. 315PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico confirming an award of the Pueblo Lands Board to the Pueblo of San Juan under the provisions of Section 6 of the Pueblo Lands Act (43 Stat. pp. 637, 638). The pertinent provisions of such Section 6 are set out in the margin.1
It will be noted that the board is required to find: (1) The area and character of the lands and water rights awarded to the pon-Indian claimants in its principal report; (2) whether such lands and water rights could bave been recovered by the United…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1929
3Cited by5 opinions
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