Legal Opinion
Fletcher v. United States
District Court, N.D. Oklahoma
Decided December 30, 2015No. Case No. 02-CV-427-GKF-PJCPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GREGORY K. FRIZZELL, CHIEF JUDGE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
In the early twentieth century, large quantities of oil and gas were discovered on lands belonging to the Osage Nation. Shortly thereafter, Congress enacted the Osage Allotment Act of 1906, see Act of June 28,1906, Pub. L. No. 59-321, 34 Stat. 539 (“Osage Allotment Act” or “1906 Act”), which severed the mineral estate underlying Osage lands from the surface estate, placed the mineral estate in .trust, and directed the Secretary of Interior to collect and distribute royalty income every quarter to persons on the…
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