Legal Opinion
LAC Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Voigt
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 25, 1983No. Nos. 78-2398, 78-2443 and 79-1014PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
The principal case on this consolidated appeal, Lac Courte Oreilles Band v. Voight (LCO) was an action for a declaratory judgment that a band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (LCO band) has retained treaty-reserved off-reservation hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering rights, collectively termed “usufructuary rights,” in public lands in the northern third of Wisconsin and that such rights preclude State regulation. The defendants in LCO are primarily State officials who are being sued in both their individual and representative capacities. On cross-motions for summary…
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