La MOTTE v. UNITED STATES

No. 121.

254 U.S. 570 (1921)

La MOTTE ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 24, 1921.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T.J. Leahy and Mr. C.S. Macdonald for appellants.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Nebeker and Mr. H.L. Underwood, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit by the United States to enjoin the defendants (appellants here) from asserting or exercising any right under certain leases obtained from individual Osage Indians without the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and from negotiating or obtaining other leases of the same class without conforming to statutory provisions and administrative regulations...

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