Legal Opinion
Victor Fontenelle v. Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 28, 1970No. 19833PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment quieting title in the plaintiffs against the United States and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska to certain lands between the present channel of the Missouri River and its east meander line, as established by the official survey of 1867. We affirm.
The Omaha Reservation was created by a treaty in 1854 under which the Omaha Tribe ceded to the United States certain lands in Nebraska and, in turn, was granted a reservation. The eastern border of the reservation was designated as the Missouri River. The official survey of 1867 established the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Minnesota v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Jefferis v. East Omaha Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Nebraska v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Ickes v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Northwestern Bands of Shoshone Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Wilson v. Omaha Indian TribeSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. OregonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary, Department of Interior Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary, Department of Interior Appeal of Caddo Tribe of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Atkinson v. HaldaneAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
- Pan American Company v. Sycuan Band of Mission IndiansCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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