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UNITED STATES v. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE (29443)

    Order dated: 04/22/02
    Docket number: 01-1067
    Action:
        The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

UNITED STATES v. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE (29443)

    Order dated: 06/03/02
    Docket number: 01-1067
    Action:
        The petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.

UNITED STATES v. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE (29443)

    Order dated: 08/26/02
    Docket number: 01-1067
    Action:
        The motion of the Solicitor General to dispense with printing the joint appendix is granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

In 1960, Congress declared that a former military post in Arizona would be held by the United States in trust for the White Mountain Apache Tribe, subject to the right of the Secretary of the Interior to use any part of the land and improvements for administrative or school purposes for as long as they are needed for that purpose. Act of Mar. 18, 1960, Pub. L. No. 86-392, 74 Stat. 8. The question presented is whether that Act authorizes the award of money damages against the United States for alleged breach of trust in connection with such property.

An opinion has been handed down: