Legal Opinion
Lawrence Murphy, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1973No. 72-1679PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.
This case arose out of an occupation of the Municipal Center (including the jail and law enforcement facilities) of the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the Devils Lake Sioux Indian Reservation at Fort Totten, North Dakota, in April, 1972.
At a meeting held at the home of defendant Lawrence Murphy, Jr., in the early hours of April 22, it was decided by the group there present that the Municipal Center would be “occupied.” At approximately 5:20 that morning such action was taken. Two of the police officers on duty had been called away by calls later discovered to…
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