United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
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| United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians | |||||||||||||
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| Argued March 24, 1980 Decided June 30, 1980 |
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| Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens |
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| Majority by: Blackmun Joined by: Burger, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Powell, Stevens; White (parts III, V) Concurrence by: White Dissent by: Rehnquist |
United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, 448 U.S. 371 (1980),[1] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States established a "legal basis for the compensation of illegally-seized Indian lands."[2]
[edit] References
- ^ 448 U.S. 371 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
- ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/united-states-v-sioux-nation
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