SHOSHONE TRIBE v. U.S.

No. 216.

299 U.S. 476 (1937)

SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 4, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. George M. Tunison and Albert W. Jefferis, with whom Messrs. Charles J. Kappler and Francis S. Howell were on the brief, for the Shoshone Tribe of Indians.

Assistant Attorney General Blair, with whom Solicitor General Reed and Messrs. George T. Stormont, Charles H. Small, and W. Marvin Smith were on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Shoshone Tribe of Indians of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming has sued the United States in the Court of Claims for the breach of treaty stipulations, whereby the tribe has been permanently excluded from the possession and enjoyment of an undivided half interest in the tribal lands. Jurisdiction to hear the claim was conferred upon the Court of Claims by an...

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