28 U.S.C. § 1505
Section 1505 · Indian claims
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 190 court decisions — leading case Glidden Company v. Zdanok Lurk (1962)
Most recently applied in Chemehuevi Indian Tribe v. United States (June 2024)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 28 U.S.C. § 1491 · 28 U.S.C. § 2501 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The United States Court of Federal Claims shall have jurisdiction of any claim against the United States accruing after August 13, 1946, in favor of any tribe, band, or other identifiable group of American Indians residing within the territorial limits of the United States or Alaska whenever such claim is one arising under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States, or Executive orders of the President, or is one which otherwise would be cognizable in the Court of Federal Claims if the claimant were not an Indian tribe, band or group.