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Page 94 - In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms. We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority...
Page 204 - ... (v) such person acts in the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States...
Page 165 - The United States Government acts as a legal trustee for the land and water rights of American Indians. (These rights are often of critical economic importance to the Indian People: frequently they are also the subject of extensive legal dispute.
Page 165 - No selfrespecting law firm would ever allow itself to represent two opposing clients in one dispute; yet the Federal government has frequently found Itself in precisely that position. There is considerable evidence that the Indians are the losers when such situations arise. More than that, the credibility of the Federal government is damaged whenever it appears that such a conflict of interest exists. In order to correct this situation, I am calling on the Congress to establish an Indian Trust Counsel...
Page 49 - Rule 65(d) limits the binding effect of injunctive orders to "parties to the action, their officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, and * * * those persons in active concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of the order by personal service or otherwise.
Page 164 - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions, brought by any Indian tribe or band with a governing body duly recognized by the Secretary of the Interior, wherein the matter in controversy arises under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States.
Page 75 - Both as a matter of justice and as a matter of enlightened social policy, we must begin to act on the basis of what the Indians themselves have long been telling us. The time has come to break decisively with the past and to create the conditions for a new era in which the Indian future is determined by Indian acts and Indian decisions.
Page 33 - Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor is appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term.
Page 108 - Except as hereafter stated in subsection (h) of this section [not applicable], whenever the waters of any stream or other body of water are proposed or authorized to be impounded, diverted, the channel deepened, or the stream or other body of water otherwise controlled or modified for any purpose whatever, including navigation and drainage...
Page 165 - In many of these legal confrontations, the Federal Government is faced with an inherent conflict of interest. The Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General must at the same time advance both the national interest in the use of land and water rights and the private interest of Indians in land which the government holds as trustee.