Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Omaha Indian Tribe
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 20, 1979No. 78-160PublishedCited by 223 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
At issue here is the ownership of a tract of land on the east bank of the Missouri River in Iowa. Respondent Omaha *657Indian Tribe, supported by the United States as trustee of the Tribe’s reservation lands,1 claims the tract as part of reservation lands created for it under an 1854 treaty. Petitioners, including the State of Iowa and several individuals, argue that past movements of the Missouri River washed away part of the reservation and the soil accreted to the Iowa side of the river, vesting title in them as riparian landowners.2
Two principal issues are presented. First, we are faced with…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Oneida Indian Nation v. County of OneidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by223 opinions
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- Countyof Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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