Legal Opinion
The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana v. Harry L. Laws Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1982No. 80-3348PublishedCited by 324 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Chief Judge:
The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana brought this suit in the Western District of Louisiana claiming ownership of a large tract of land in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. They have named more than eighty St. Mary Parish landowners as defendants. The Chitimachas argue that three transfers of land in the eighteenth century from their ancestors to the defendants’ predecessors in title were nullities, thus leaving them with full legal title. The district court, 490 F.Supp. 164, granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The Chitimachas argue that the trial judge erred in…
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