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SEMINOLE NATION v. U.S.

No. 830.

316 U.S. 310 (1942)

62 S.Ct. 1061

86 L.Ed. 1497

SEMINOLE NATION v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 11, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C. Maurice Weidemeyer, with whom Messrs. Paul M. Niebell and W.W. Pryor were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Charles R. Denny, with whom Solicitor General Fahy and Assistant Attorney General Littell were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented for decision is whether the United States remains under any obligation to the Seminole Nation with respect to Article III of the Treaty of March 21, 1866, 14 Stat. 755, 756, which provides in part:

". . . The United States having obtained by grant of the Creek nation the westerly half of their lands, hereby grant to the Seminole nation the...

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