Legal Opinion
Choctaw Nation and Chickasaw Nation v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, and Davy C. Maner
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1968No. 9572_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
Appellants-plaintiffs Choctaw Nation and Chickasaw Nation, two Indian tribes, brought suit to secure possession of, quiet title to, and recover a reasonable rental for a tract of about 200 acres formerly reserved from allotment because of an easement acquired by a predecessor of the appellee, The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. The district court sustained a motion to dismiss and this appeal followed.
By virtue of the 1820 Treaty of Doaks Stand 1 and the 1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, 2 the Choctaw Nation acquired from the United States in fee…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Choate v. TrappSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Stephens v. Cherokee NationSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Shoshone Tribe of Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Choctaw Nation v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Seminole Nation v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
- Sand Springs Home v. State Ex Rel. Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad v. EarlyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
- Choctaw Nation and Chickasaw Nation v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, and Lee F. White, O. R. Smiley and Mamie SmileyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Choctaw Nation v. ShullCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
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