Legal Opinion
Fontenelle v. Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided April 7, 1969No. Civ. 02200PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
RICHARD E. ROBINSON, Chief Judge.
This is an action to quiet title to land formed after 1867 by the movement of the Missouri River receding from its east meander line as established by the official United States survey of that year. Specifically involved is an area which lies between the west bank of the Missouri River as it exists presently and the east boundary of Lots 2, 3 and 4 of Section 26, and Lot 4 of Section 36, Township 24 North, Range 10 East, as shown on the official 1867 plat. This large tract of land which has been denominated by the parties as “accretion land” is…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Oklahoma v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Jefferis v. East Omaha Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Nebraska v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Banks v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
- Horne v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Wilson v. Omaha Indian TribeSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Victor Fontenelle v. Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Omaha Indian Tribe v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. WilsonDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1977
- United States v. WilsonDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1981
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