Legal Opinion
Sokaogon Chippewa Community v. Exxon Corp.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided October 6, 1992No. Case 86-C-0599PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
WARREN, Senior District Judge.
Before the Court are the defendants’ motions for summary judgment. Specifically at issue is the plaintiffs right to possess and occupy 12 mile by 12 mile tract of land in Northern Wisconsin (“the subject territory”). Each of the named defendants has legal title to portions of the subject territory, and the plaintiff has petitioned this Court for declaratory relief upholding their rights in the land, which they allege are protected by treaties more than a century old.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
A. Chronology
The Sokaogon Chippewa Community (“Sokaogon”)…
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