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UNITED STATES v. SOUTHERN UTE INDIANS

No. 515.

402 U.S. 159 (1971)

UNITED STATES v. SOUTHERN UTE TRIBE OR BAND OF INDIANS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 26, 1971

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence G. Wallace argued the cause for the United States. On the briefs were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Kashiwa, Peter L. Strauss, and Edmund B. Clark.

Glen A. Wilkinson argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Richard A. Baenen.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1951 the Southern Ute Tribe or Band of Indians, a part of the Confederated Bands of Utes, brought this claim before the Indian Claims Commission.1 The claim asserted that the United States had violated its fiduciary duty to respondent by (1) disposing of 220,000 acres of land as "free homesteads" although obligated by 21 Stat. 203-204...

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