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CHIPPEWA INDIANS v. U.S.

No. 228.

301 U.S. 358 (1937)

57 S.Ct. 826

81 L.Ed. 1156

CHIPPEWA INDIANS OF MINNESOTA v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Webster Ballinger and D.S. Holmes for appellants.

Mr. Fred Dennis for the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, intervener-appellees.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a suit by the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota against the United States to recover the value of 663,421 acres of land alleged to have been ceded to the defendant under an express trust for the benefit of the plaintiffs and subsequently disposed of or appropriated by the defendant in disregard of the trust and of the rights of the plaintiffs. This 663, 421...

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