Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1955-03-14

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Mr. Justice Reed delivered the opinion of the Court. This case rests upon a claim under the Fifth Amendment by petitioner, an identifiable group of American Indians of between 60 and 70 individuals residing in Alaska, for compensation for a taking by the United States of certain timber from Alaskan lands allegedly belonging to the group. 1 The area claimed is said to contain over 350…

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