Legal Opinion
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. State of Wisconsin
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided February 18, 1987No. 74-C-313PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES E. DOYLE, District Judge.
This is a civil action brought initially by the Lac Coiirte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (LCO) to define plaintiffs’ treaty-based, off-reservation usu-fructuary rights (generally, rights to hunt, fish, and gather) and to enjoin the defendants from interfering with the exercise of those rights. The lawsuit is strictly confined to off-reservation activities. Since the filing of the original complaint, other bands have intervened as parties plaintiff: the Red Cliff, Bad River, Mole Lake, Lac du Flambeau, and St. Croix. For brevity, I will treat…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Winters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- United States v. WinansSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Antoine v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Puyallup Tribe v. Department of Game of Wash.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. State of WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. MinnesotaDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1994
- LAC COURTE OREILLES BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA IND. v. State of Wis.District Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1987
- Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. WisconsinDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1987
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