Legal Opinion
Chippewa Indians of Minn. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 17, 1937No. 228PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This was a suit by the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota against the United States to recover the value of 663,421 acres of land alleged to have been ceded to the defendant under an express trust for the benefit of the plaintiffs and subsequently disposed of or appropriated by the defendant in disregard of the trust and of the rights of the plaintiffs. This 663,421 acres comprised what is hereinafter described as the diminished Red Lake Reservation.
The suit was brought and conducted under permissive legislation. The defendant traversed the allegations of the plaintiffs’ petition; and by leave of…
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- Minnesota v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Knight v. United States Land Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
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- United States v. Midwest Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
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