Legal Opinion
Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 1970No. 41PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
These cases involve a dispute over the title to land underlying the navigable portion of parts of the Arkansas River in the State of Oklahoma. As a practical matter, what is at stake is the ownership of the minerals beneath the river bed and of the dry land created by navigation projects that are narrowing and deepening the river channel.
In December 1966, petitioner Cherokee Nation brought suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma against the State of Oklahoma and various corporations to which the State had leased oil and gas and other mineral rights. In…
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