Dolly Cusker Akers v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior’s Empirical Analysis
499 F.2d 44 · 1974
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
January 1988
most recently cited
7 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Squire v. Capoeman · Tooahnippah v. Hickel · Blanset v. Cardin · Cairo Co v. United States · Blundell v. Wallace
Most-quoted passages
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“The Secretary may disapprove a will only if it is technically deficient or if it is irrational. Where, as in this case, it is rational * * *, the Supreme Court has indicated that the Secretary is not free to disapprove the will merely on notions of fairness or equity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]lienation of restricted Indian allotment land is controlled by federal law. Montana's dower law cannot of its own force entitle Mrs. Akers to claim a wife's interest in her deceased husband's restricted lands.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he sole limit on an Indian testator's freedom to devise restricted lands is the power vested in the Secretary of Interior [by section 373] to disapprove wills.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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