250 F. 591 | 9th Cir. | 1918
On the former appeal of this case this court held by a majority opinion that the lands of the Crow Indians,
It is admitted that the appeal in this case is taken principally for the purpose of keeping alive the right of the appellant to present by appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States the question whether the lands so surrendered by the Crow Indians to the United States are public lands, or are lands held in trust by the United States for the Indians, and subject to the control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. No additional ground now is suggested for holding otherwise than as we held before, and our prior judgment must be accepted as the law of the case on this appeal. Roberts v. Cooper, 20 How. 467, 481, 15 L. Ed. 969; Oregon R. R. & Nav. Co. v. Balfour, 90 Fed. 295, 33 C. C. A. 57; Standard Sewing Mach. Co. v. Leslie, 118 Fed. 557, 55 C. C. A. 323.
The decfee is affirmed.