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· 4/18/1887

United States v. Le Bris

Citations

  • 121 U.S. 278
  • 7 S. Ct. 894
  • 30 L. Ed. 946
  • 1887 U.S. LEXIS 2047

Syllabus

<p>Thu reservation of the Red Lake and Pembina Indians, in Polk County, Minnesota, is Indian country, within the meaning of § 2139 Rev. Stat.</p> <p>Ex parte Crow Dog, 109 IT. S. 556, affirmed to the point that § 1 of the act of June 30, 1834, though repealed, may be referred to for the purpose of determining what is meant by the term “ Indian country.” when found in sections of the Revised Statutes which are reenactments of other sections of that act. .</p>

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  • “The re-enacted sections are to be given the same meaning they had in the original statute, unless a contrary intention is plainly manifested.”

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Judges: Waite

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