Legal Opinion
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians v. Director, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Township of Leland Village of Northport
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1998No. 96-1168PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJones, J., joined by Nelson, J.,
RYAN, J. (pp. 642-643), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
Defendants,1 the Village of Northport and the Township of Leland (“municipalities”), appeal from a partial grant of summary judgment for the Plaintiffs, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawas and Chippewas (“GTB”). GTB sued to enforce its treaty based claim to establish transient mooring access to the Leland and Northport Marinas as well as declarative relief pursuant to a 1985 consent order. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
I. Background
GTB is the successor in interest to the Grand…
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