Solem v. Bartlett

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1984-02-22

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Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court. On May 29,1908, Congress authorized the Secretary of the Interior to open 1.6 million acres of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation for homesteading. Act of May 29, 1908, ch. 218, 35 Stat. 460 et seq. (Act or Cheyenne River Act). The question presen…

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