Legal Opinion
Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. State of Minn.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided January 29, 1997No. 3-94-1226, 5-92-159PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
DAVIS, District Judge.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The Mille Lacs Band filed its Complaint on August 13, 1990 claiming the State has adopted and enforced natural resource laws and regulations that violate their privilege of hunting, fishing and gathering guaranteed them by the 1837 Treaty entered into between the United States of America and the Chippewa Indians. In this litigation, the Mille Lacs Band seeks a declaratory judg ment that the usufructuary rights granted under the 1837 Treaty continue to exist. The Mille Lacs Band also seeks a declaratory judgment defining the…
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians Arthur Gahbow Walter Sutton Carleen Benjamin Joseph Dunkley, United States of America St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewas Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Sokaogan Chippewa Community Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees v. State of Minnesota Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Rodney Sando, Commissioner of Natural Resources, County of Aitkin County of Benton County of Sherburne County of Crow Wing County of Isanti County of Kanabec County of Mille Lacs County of Morrison County of Pine, Intervenors-Defendants-Appellants. Fond Du Lac Band of Chippewa Indians Robert Peacock Peter Defoe Clifton Rabideaux Herman Wise George Dupuis v. Arne Carlson, Governor of Minnesota Rodney Sando, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Raymond B. Hitchcock, Assistant Commissioner of Operations, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, County of Aitkin County of Benton County of Sherburne County of Crow Wing County of Isanti County of Kanabec County of Mille Lacs County of Morrison County of Pine, Movants-Appellants. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians Arthur Gahbow Walter Sutton Carleen Benjamin Joseph Dunkley, United States of America St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewas Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Sokaogan Chippewa Community Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees v. State of Minnesota Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, County of Aitkin County of Benton County of Sherburne County of Crow Wing County of Isanti County of Kanabec County of Mille Lacs County of Morrison County of Pine, Intervenors-Defendants, John W. Thompson Jenny Thompson Joseph Karpen Leroy Burling Glenn Thompson Gary Kiedrowski, Intervenors-Defendants-Appellants. Fond Du Lac Band of Chippewa Indians Robert Peacock Peter Defoe Clifton Rabideaux Herman Wise George Dupuis v. John Thompson Jenny Thompson Glenn Thompson Joseph Karpen Leroy Burling Gary Kiedrowski, Movants-Appellants, Robert J. Edmonds Michael Sheff, Movants, Arne Carlson, Governor of Minnesota Rodney Sando, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Raymond B. Hitchcock, Assistant Commissioner of Operations, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, County of Aitkin County of Benton County of Sherburne County of Crow Wing County of Isanti County of Kanabec County of Mille Lacs County of Morrison County of Pine, Movants. Fond Du Lac Band of Chippewa Indians Robert Peacock Peter Defoe Clifton Rabideaux Herman Wise George Dupuis v. John Thompson Jenny Thompson Glenn Thompson Joseph Karpen Leroy Burling Gary Kiedrowski, Movants, Arne Carlson, Governor of Minnesota Rodney Sando, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Raymond B. Hitchcock, Assistant Commissioner of Operations, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, County of Aitkin County of Benton County of Sherburne County of Crow Wing County of Isanti County of Kanabec County of Mille Lacs County of Morrison County of Pine, Movants, Robert J. Edmonds Michael Sheff, Intervenors-Defendants-Appellants. Fond Du Lac Band of Chippewa Indians Robert Peacock Peter Defoe Clifton Rabideaux Herman Wise George Dupuis v. John Thompson Jenny Thompson Glenn Thompson Joseph Karpen Leroy Burling Gary Kiedrowski, Movants, Arne Carlson, Governor of Minnesota Rodney Sando, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Raymond B. Hitchcock, Assistant Commissioner of Operations, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, County of Aitkin County of Benton County of Sherburne County of Crow Wing County of Isanti County of Kanabec County of Mille Lacs County of Morrison County of Pine, Movants, Robert J. Edmonds Michael Sheff, Intervenors-Defendants. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians Arthur Gahbow Walter Sutton Carleen Benjamin Joseph Dunkley, United States of America St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewas Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Sokaogan Chippewa Community Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees v. State of Minnesota Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Rodney Sando, Commissioner of Natural Resources, County of Aitkin County of Benton County of Sherburne County of Crow Wing County of Isanti County of Kanabec County of Mille Lacs County of Morrison County of Pine, Intervenors-Defendants. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians Arthur Gahbow Walter Sutton Carleen Benjamin Joseph Dunkley, United States of America St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewas Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Sokaogan Chippewa Community Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees v. State of Minnesota Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Rodney Sando, Commissioner of Natural Resources, County of Aitkin County of Benton County of Sherburne County of Crow Wing County of Isanti County of Kanabec County of Mille Lacs County of Morrison County of Pine, Intervenors-Defendants-Appellants. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians, Arthur Gahbow Walter Sutton Carleen Benjamin Joseph Dunkley, United States of America, Intervenors-Plaintiffs, St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewas Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Sokaogan Chippewa Community Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellants v. State of Minnesota Minnesota Department of Natural Resources County of Aitkin County of Benton County of Sherburne County of Crow Wing County of Isanti County of Kanabec County of Mille Lacs County of Morrison County of Pine, John W. Thompson Jenny Thompson Joseph Karpen Leroy Burling Glenn Thompson Gary Kiedrowski, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellees. Fond Du Lac Band of Chippewa Indians Robert Peacock Peter Defoe Clifton Rabideaux Herman Wise George Dupuis v. John Thompson Jenny Thompson Glenn Thompson Joseph Karpen Leroy Burling Gary Kiedrowski, Movants-Appellees, Arne Carlson, Governor of Minnesota Rodney Sando, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Raymond B. Hitchcock, Assistant Commissioner of Operations, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Robert J. Edmonds Michael Sheff, Intervenors-Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
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