Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. United States

This case comes before the court on defendant’s motions to dismiss plaintiffs’ Exceptions Nos. 14, 15, 16, and 27 on the ground of res judicata. It is one of several related cases brought under the Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946, 60 Stat. 1049, docket Nos. 19,188,189-A, 189-B, 189-C, and *73719 and 189-A consolidated. Defendant asserts that these issues are foreclosed because they were dismissed with prejudice by the Indian Claims Commission (Commission) and plaintiffs failed to seek a timely rehearing. Alternatively, defendant asserts that these issues are foreclosed because, Commission…