· 6/11/1986
United States v. Mottaz
Citations
- 476 U.S. 834
- 106 S. Ct. 2224
- 90 L. Ed. 2d 841
- 1986 U.S. LEXIS 55
- 54 U.S.L.W. 4641
How courts have described this case
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- holding that suits involving an Indian's interests and rights in a previously issued allotment or patent do not require the United States to be a party
- holding that suits involving an Indian’s interests and rights in a previously issued allotment or patent do not require the United States to be a party
- holding that the statute of limitations for the Quiet Title Act applies to Indians as well as to other litigants
- holding that an APA suit alleging that a governmental decision is arbitrary and capricious can be “a quiet title action sufficient to invoke the Quiet Title Act.”
- holding that an APA suit alleging that a governmental decision is arbitrary 16 and capricious can be “a quiet title action sufficient to invoke the Quiet Title Act.”
- observing that “[w]hen the United States consents to be sued, the terms of its waiver of sovereign immunity describe the extent of the court’s jurisdiction”
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Judges: Blackmun
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