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NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE v. HOLLOWBREAST

No. 75-145.

425 U.S. 649 (1976)

NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE v. HOLLOWBREAST ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Chestnut argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Lewis E. Brueggemann argued the cause and filed a brief for the respondent class of Northern Cheyenne Indians. Steven L. Bunch argued the cause pro hac vice for respondents Williamson et al., and with him on the brief was Neil Haight.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question to be decided is whether the Northern Cheyenne Allotment Act, Act of June 3, 1926, 44 Stat. 690, gave the allottees of surface lands vested rights in the mineral deposits underlying those lands. The District Court for the District of Montana held that the Act did not grant the allottees vested rights in the mineral deposits. 349 F.Supp. 1302 (1972). The Court...

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