Legal Opinion
Barney R. Colson v. Walter J. Hickel, Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 17, 1970No. 26212PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
It is hardly likely that the Treaty Makers at Prairie du Chien in the year 1830 had any idea that their work would be the starting point for litigation a hundred and forty years out in the future, but it was. This case bristles with legal questions, but the facts are undisputed. The legal complications are compounded by the presence of two separate sets of land scrip, each of a history different to the other. The opinion of the District Court is reported at 278 F.Supp. 826 (M.D., Fla., 1968). We affirm.
I
THE FACTS
A. Basic History
On July 15, 1830, by the Treaty of Prairie…
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