Legal Opinion
Stanley F. Cermak, Sr. And Raymond Cermak, Sr. v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of Interior
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 13, 2000No. 00-1098PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHALL, Circuit Judge.
Stanley Francis Cermak, Sr. and Raymond Cermak, Sr. (collectively, the “Cer-maks”) are, respectively, the son and grandson of John Cermak. In 1944, the Department of the Interior (the “Department”) assigned two parcels of land to John Cermak through the issuance of two Indian Land Certificates. After John Cer-mak’s death in 1989, the Department canceled the land assignments. The Department asserted that the Cermaks have no rights in the parcels and that the Department instead holds the land in trust for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community-
The Cermaks sued the…
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