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TLINGIT AND HAIDA INDIANS OF ALASKA v. UNITED STATES

No. 47900.

177 F.Supp. 452 (1959)

TLINGIT AND HAIDA INDIANS OF ALASKA v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

October 7, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. S. Weissbrodt, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs. David Cobb, Abe W. Weissbrodt, Rella R. Shwartz, Washington, D. C., Jay H. Hoag, and Clarence G. Lindquist, Duluth, Minn., were on the briefs.

Ralph A. Barney, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Perry W. Morton, for defendant.

James Craig Peacock, Washington, D. C., for intervenors.

LARAMORE, Judge.

This is a suit against the United States by the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska.1 The jurisdictional act2 under which this suit is brought is set forth in full in finding 1. The act authorizes the court to "hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgment upon any and all claims which said Indians may have, or claim to have, against the United States." Section 1 of the act defines the Tlingit...

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