Legal Opinion
Keechi v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 11, 1985No. Civ. A. 84-2085PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
Plaintiff, an American Indian, is a successor in interest to the Wichita Indians who, in 1891, by treaty, ceded tribal lands in Oklahoma to the United States to be held in trust in accordance with the General Allotment Act of 1887. Pursuant to the terms of the treaty and the Act, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (“Bureau”) of the Interior Department holds in trust for the benefit of the plaintiff certain land located in Oklahoma. In 1971, the Bureau entered into an oil and gas lease for the land. The lease requires the lessee to pay royalties earned from oil…
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- Squire v. CapoemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States v. HoughamSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- County of Thurston, State of Nebraska v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Plaintiff/counterclaim-Defendant/appellant v. California State Board of Equalization Richard Nevins, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the State Board of Equalization Conway H. Collis, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Equalization Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Equalization William M. Bennett, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the State Board of Equalization, Clive Miller, Defendant/counterclaimant/appellee. Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Plaintiff/counterclaim-Defendant/appellee v. California State Board of Equalization, and Clive Miller, Defendant/counterclaimant/appellant. Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. California State Board of EqualizationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Black Hills Institute of Geological Research v. United States, Department of JusticeDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1993
- Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. California State Board of EqualizationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988