Legal Opinion

City of Timber Lake v. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided November 29, 1993No. 93-1148PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

In this case, we must decide whether an Indian tribe has authority to regulate liquor sales on land held in fee by non-Indians in non-Indian communities within the boundaries of the tribe’s reservation. The appel-lees, an American Legion Club, a non-Indian individual, and the South Dakota cities of Timber Lake, Isabel, and Dupree, all operate liquor establishments within the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation on fee-patented lands in the cities. The appellees refused to obtain liquor and business licenses as required by ordinances 48 and 1 of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe,…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Dataphase Systems, Inc. v. C L Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  2. United States v. MazurieSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Montana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. National Farmers Union Insurance v. Crow Tribe of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Iowa Mutual Insurance v. LaPlanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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3Cited by55 opinions

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