25 U.S.C. § 179
Driving stock to feed on lands
Every person who drives or otherwise conveys any stock of horses, mules, or cattle, to range and feed on any land belonging to any Indian or Indian tribe, without the consent of such tribe, is liable to a penalty of $1 for each animal of such stock. This section shall not apply to Creek lands.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1881–2021 · leading case: United States v. Cyril Plainbull Arvilla Plainbull
United States v. Cyril Plainbull Arvilla Plainbull (1992)
“documented trespass by the Plainbulls’ livestock on tribal lands, the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1987 and 1988 billed the Plainbulls for trespass penalties pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 179 , and for the value of consumed forage pursuant to 25 C.”
Odenwalt v. Zaring (1980)
“To support this argument, the association cites four statutes: 25 U.S.C. § 179 (driving stock to graze on Indian land without permission); 25 U.”
United States of America Ex Rel. Eleanor Chase v. Ronald Wald and Hayden Thompson (1977)
“§ 201 , other statutes involved in the case are 25 U.S.C. §§ 179 and 466 and 28 U.S.C. § 1355 .”
United States v. Fraser (1957)
“This cause of action is asserted under Title 25 U.S.C.A. § 179 , which provides: “§ 179.”
United States v. The J. B. Williams Company, Inc., and Parkson Advertising Agency, Inc. (1974)
“1945) (penalty under 25 U.S.C. § 179 ); United States v. Jepson, 90 F.”
Begay v. Albers (1983)
“Cecil Navajo appeals from the trial court’s denial of her claim for damages pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 179 . She contends that the trial court erred in “setting-off” the use of the lands received in the exchange for the allotment lands.”
United States of America Ex Rel. Alice Whitehorse and Billy Tsosie, Cross-Appellees v. Nancy Willcoxson Briggs, Cross-Ap (1977)
“The particular statute upon which plaintiffs’ claim is based is 25 U.S.C. § 179 , which reads as follows: § 179.”
United States v. United States Gypsum Co. (1943)
“§ 2117, 25 U.S.C.A. § 179 , providing that “Every pei'son who drives .”
Hanson v. United States (1946)
“The United States brought this action against Planson to recover a penalty of $1,200 under 25 U.S.C.A. § 179 . That Act provides that every person who drives or otherwise conveys any stock of horses, mules, or cattle, to range and feed on any land belonging to any Indian or…”
United States v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co. (1976)
“§ 2117 (now 25 U.S.C. § 179 ). The issue was not whether the lands were within the limits of a reservation, but whether the lands “belong[ed] to any Indian or Indian tribe.”
R. B. Fraser R. B. Fraser, Inc., a Corporation R. B. Fraser, Jr. Fraser Livestock Company, a Corporation and Charles Fra (1958)
“Title 25 U.S.C. § 179 provides: “§ 179. Driving stock to feed on lands.”
United States v. Karlen (1979)
“In the two other counts, the United States sought damages under 25 U.S.C. § 179 for separate trespasses by livestock owned by the defendant on land which the United States owns and holds in trust on behalf of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe.”
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