Legal Opinion
State v. Sanapaw
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided November 1, 1963PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCurrie, J.
The question presented by the writs of error is:
Upon termination of federal supervision and control over the Menominee Indian Tribe and the Menominee Indian Reservation, did the enrolled members of the tribe and their lands become subject to the same Wisconsin game laws as other persons and lands within the state ?
In order to resolve this question it is necessary to .review the pertinent historical facts. These commence with the treaty of October 18, 1848, between the United States and the Menominee Tribe (9 U. S. Stat. at L., p. 952). By this treaty the Menominees ceded, sold, and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Winters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Lone Wolf v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- United States v. WinansSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- The Chinese Exclusion CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Thomas v. GaySupreme Court of the United States · 1898
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Charles E. Kimball v. John D. CallahanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- State v. GurnoeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1972
- Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
- Van Camp v. Menominee Enterprises, Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1975
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