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SIOUX INDIANS v. UNITED STATES

No. 596.

277 U.S. 424 (1928)

48 S.Ct. 536

72 L.Ed. 939

SISSETON AND WAHPETON BANDS OF SIOUX INDIANS v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 28, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas Sterling, with whom Messrs. Robert T. Tedrow and Walter W. McCaslin were on the brief, for appellants.

Assistant Attorney General Galloway, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellants filed their petition in the Court of Claims under the Act of April 11, 1916, c. 63, 39 Stat. 47, printed in the margin so far as material,1 conferring on the Court of Claims jurisdiction to hear and determine all claims of the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Indians against the United States. The Court of Claims on its findings of...

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