Legal Opinion
United States v. Banks
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided December 17, 1973No. CR73-5034, etcPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
NICHOL, Chief Judge.
These cases involve the occupation-siege of the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, which took place over a seventy-one day period in the early spring of 1973. The Federal Government brought two indictments against Russell Means and Dennis Banks, whose cases have been consolidated for trial. Having benefitted from the briefing expertise of counsel for both sides, having held an evidentiary hearing, and having heard oral argument, this Court makes the following rulings on defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the indictments:
Point I
Defendants’ motion to dismiss…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by17 opinions
- United States v. Loud HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. Vinton Bedonie and Thomas ClyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. BanksDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1974
- United States of America v. Richard Lawrence AuginashCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Russell Means, United States of America v. Dennis BanksCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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