United States v. Michigan

On May 7, 1979, District Judge Noel Fox issued an opinion and a declaratory judgment, United States v. Michigan, 471 F.Supp. 192 (W.D.Mich.1979), in an action brought by the United States and two Indian tribes in Michigan, the Chippewa and the Ottawa tribes (represented by the Bay Mills Indian Community and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) against the State of Michigan and certain state officials. That case is now pending before us as appeal No. 79-1414. The District Court held that under treaties entered into between the United States and the Chippewa and Ottawa tribes in 1836…