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U.S. v. SHOSHONE TRIBE

No. 668.

304 U.S. 111 (1938)

UNITED STATES v. SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 25, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General McFarland, with whom Solicitor General Jackson and Mr. Oscar Provost were on the brief, for the United States.

Messrs. George M. Tunison and Albert W. Jefferis, with whom Mr. Charles J. Kappler was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Shoshone Tribe brought this suit to recover the value of part of its reservation taken by the United States by putting upon it, without the tribe's consent, a band of Arapahoe Indians. The Court of Claims found the taking to have been in August, 1891, ascertained value as of that date, on that basis fixed the amount of compensation, and gave judgment accordingly. We held, 299 U.S. 476

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