Legal Opinion
Ducheneaux v. Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1988No. Nos. 87-5023, 87-5024PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
In this case we examine the district court’s ruling that the theory of spousal contribution applied to divest an Indian’s heirs of the land held in trust for him by the United States. We conclude that the district court lacked jurisdiction to order apportionment of the trust property and erroneously overrode a valid will. Accordingly, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND.
The facts and procedural history are thoroughly set out in the district court’s opinion, Ducheneaux v. Secretary of the Interior, 645 F.Supp. 930 (D.S.D.1986), and will only be summarized here.
Douglas Ducheneaux, a…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- John M. Pekah v. Manuel Lujan, as the U.S. Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
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- South Dakota v. United States Department of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- State of South Dakota v. United States Department of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995