Legal Opinion
Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Northern Cheyenne Class of Allottees
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 17, 1974No. Nos. 73-1545 to 73-1547PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
The Northern Cheyenne Tribe, at the direction of Congress, brought this action in the district court under a special grant of jurisdiction against appellants, individual owners, and class representatives of all allottees, their heirs and dev-isees, owning allotments of land within the tribal reservation. At stake are the rights to the mineral deposits contained in and beneath these lands. In 1968, Congress reserved these deposits in perpetuity for the benefit of the tribe, provided the tribe instituted this suit “to determine whether under the provisions of the Act of June…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Choate v. TrappSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Carpenter v. ShawSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Squire v. CapoemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Morrison v. WorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Gritts v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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