Legal Opinion
Choctaw & Chickasaw Nations v. City of Atoka, Oklahoma
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 28, 1953No. 4657PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
The Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations1 brought this action against the City of Atoka, Oklahoma,2 to quiet the title to a 450.96-acre tract of land situated near the City in Atoka County, Oklahoma, and to recover damages for the alleged wrongful withholding of possession of the land.
On September 27, 1830, the United States and the Choctaw Nation entered into a treaty3 by which the United States agreed to convey to the Choctaw Nation “a tract of country west of the Mississippi River, in fee simple to them and their descendants, to inure to them while they shall exist as a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. MeyerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
- Westphal v. WestphalCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
- Pen-Ken Gas & Oil Corp. v. Warfield Natural Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1943
- Harn v. State Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1939
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Coleman v. COURT OF APPEALS, DIV. NO. TWO, ETC.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1980
- Coleman v. United States of America Bureau of Indian AffairsDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1982
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