United States v. Shoshone Tribe of Indians

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1938-04-25

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Mr. Justice Butler delivered the opinion of the Court. The Shoshone Tribe brought this suit to recover the value of part of its reservation taken by the United States by putting , upon it, without the tribe’s consent, a band of Arapahoe Indians. The Court of Claims found the taking to have been in August, 1891, ascertained value as of that date, on that basis…

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