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UNITED STATES v. CONSOLIDATED WOUNDED KNEE CASES

Nos. CR 73-5019 et al.

389 F.Supp. 235 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. CONSOLIDATED WOUNDED KNEE CASES, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nebraska and D. South Dakota, W. D.

January 17, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane L. Nelson, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., for plaintiff.

John Thorne, San Jose, Cal., for defendants.

URBOM, Chief Judge.

Approximately sixty-five defendants, charged criminally with acts allegedly done on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the vicinity of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, during early 1973, have moved for dismissal for want of jurisdiction. The single claim is that "the Courts of the United States do not have the power and jurisdiction to judge the guilt or innocence of individuals who are citizens of other Nations for alleged crimes committed on the...

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