Legal Opinion

The Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation v. Homestake Mining Co.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 20, 1984No. 82-2101PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

This is another chapter in the long story of litigation concerning the Black Hills brought by the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and by the Sioux Nation. The district court 1 entered summary judgment against the Oglala Sioux in this action against Homestake Mining Company and its directors. The Oglala Sioux sought to quiet title to five acres of land, to enjoin Homestake from interfering with the mine, and to recover claimed compensatory and exemplary damages for the unlawful and continuing trespass on their land for 106 years. The…

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