Mattz v. Arnett

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the policy of the Dawes Act “was to continue the reservation system and the trust status of Indian lands”
• observing that Congress generally employs “clear language of express termination when that result is desired”
• “[A]llot- ment under the . . . Act is completely consistent with con- tinued reservation status”
• 1892 act opening Klamath River Reservation to settlement under Homestead Act did not disestablish reservation
• Klamath River Reservation ideal for the Indians because of the river’s abundance of salmon and other fish
• consideration of uncertain future sales of land to settlers important factor in finding that tribe retained interest in land

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).