Legal Opinion
Lyon v. Gila River Indian Community
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 24, 2010No. 08-15570, 08-15712PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves a dispute between an Indian tribe and the trustee of a bankruptcy estate over the rights of access to and occupation of a parcel of land completely surrounded by Indian reservation land. The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1334. We have jurisdiction to hear this appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm in part and vacate in part.
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The center of the parties’ dispute is “Section 16,” a parcel of about 657 acres in Pinal County, Arizona. The land surrounding Section 16 is part of an Indian…
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