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SIOUX TRIBE v. U.S.

No. 798.

316 U.S. 317 (1942)

SIOUX TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 11, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ralph H. Case, with whom Messrs. James S.Y. Ivins and Richard B. Barker were on the brief, for petitioner.

Solicitor General Fahy, with whom Assistant Attorney General Littell and Messrs. Vernon L. Wilkinson, Roger P. Marquis, and Archibald Cox were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BYRNES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an action to recover compensation for some 5 1/2 million acres of land allegedly taken from the petitioner tribe in 1879 and 1884. The suit was initiated under the Act of June 3, 1920, 41 Stat. 738, permitting petitioner to submit to the Court of Claims any claims arising from the asserted failure of the United States to pay money or property due, without regard to lapse of time or statutes of limitation...

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