barred claim

This was brought about because an 1863 statute barred claims by Indian tribes based on treaties.

The claim is then considered a legally defensible right, though since 1994 Congress has barred claims from passing to full legal ownership, a process called patenting.

Justice Scalia delivered the unanimous decision for the Court, holding that an application for postconviction relief containing procedurally barred claims is properly filed within the meaning of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.

The defendants argued that it would be "premature" for the Court to decide the health warning issue until after other appellate courts ruled, and that the Third Circuit was correct in holding that the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act barred claims based on inadequate health warnings or advertising.