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U.S. v. KLAMATH INDIANS

No. 707.

304 U.S. 119 (1938)

UNITED STATES v. KLAMATH AND MOADOC TRIBES OF INDIANS ET AL.

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. C.W. Leaphart were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. G. Carroll Todd, with whom Messrs. Daniel B. Henderson and T. Hardy Todd were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Congress, by Act of May 26, 1920,1 gave to the lower court jurisdiction of claims of respondents against the United States. They sued to recover the value of 87,000 acres of land alleged to have been taken from them by the United States August 22, 1906. The Court of Claims made special findings of fact, stated its conclusion of law and dismissed the case. We affirmed on the ground...

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