Supreme Court· 6/2/1980

United States v. Mitchell

Citations

445 U.S. 535
100 S. Ct. 1349
63 L. Ed. 2d 607
1980 U.S. LEXIS 32

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deciding the merits and explaining that the Court “need not consider” federal sovereign immunity
noting that there is no jurisdiction “[i]n the absence of clear congressional consent”
dismissing Plaintiff’s claim for money damages against the FBI and CIA as barred by sovereign immunity
describing the statutory allotment policy as “allot[ing] to each Indian residing on a reservation up to 80 acres of agricultural land or 160 acres of grazing land found within the reservation”
construing the Tucker Act and noting that the United States is immune from suit unless it consents to be sued, and its consent defines the terms and conditions upon which it may be sued
referring to the Little Tucker Act’s companion statute, the Tucker Act

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Judges: Marshall, Stewart, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, White, Brennan, Stevens, Burger

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