Legal Opinion
PATCHAK v. Salazar
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 19, 2009No. Civil Action 08-1331(RJL)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
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RICHARD J. LEON, District Judge.
Plaintiff David Patchak brings this lawsuit challenging the Secretary of the Interior’s (“Secretary” or “United States”) decision to take into trust two parcels of land in Allegan County, Michigan, on behalf of intervenor-defendant Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (the “Tribe”) pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act (“IRA”), 25 U.S.C. § 465. Plaintiff seeks an injunction barring the Secretary from taking the land into trust on the basis that the Tribe was not under Federal jurisdiction…
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. PatchakSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Patchak v. ZinkeSupreme Court of the United States · 2018
- Sierra Club v. Donald TrumpCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019
- David Patchak v. Sally JewellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2016
- Patchak v. SalazarCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
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