Legal Opinion
Patchak v. Salazar
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 21, 2011No. 09-5324PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
RANDOLPH, Senior Circuit Judge:
The district court dismissed David Patc-hak’s suit to prevent the Secretary of the Interior from holding land in trust for an Indian tribe in Michigan. Patehak’s appeal presents two jurisdictional issues: whether, as the district court held, he lacks standing; and whether, if he has standing, sovereign immunity bars his suit.
The land consists of 147 acres in Way-land Township, Michigan, a rural, sparsely populated farming community. The Secretary published in the Federal Register his decision to take…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. PatchakSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Patchak v. ZinkeSupreme Court of the United States · 2018
- Amador County, Cal. v. SalazarCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
- David Patchak v. Sally JewellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2016
- State ex rel. Walgate v. Kasich (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2016
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