1(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2011
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1(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2011
Syllabus
NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is
being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued.
The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been
prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.
See United States v.
Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.
, 200 U.
S.
321, 337.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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MATCH-E-BE-NASH-SHE-WISH BAND OF
POTTAWATOMI INDIANS v.
PATCHAK ET AL.
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
No.
11–246.
Argued April 24, 2012—Decided June 18, 2012*
The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) authorizes the Secretary of the
Interior to acquire property “for the purpose of providing land to Indians.
” 25 U.
S.
C.
§465.
Petitioner Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Band), an Indian tribe federally recognized in 1999, requested that the Secretary t
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