Legal Opinion
LAC COURTE OREILLES BAND OF INDIANS v. Wisconsin
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided June 3, 1988No. 74-C-313-CPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
CRABB, Chief Judge.
A trial was held in this case in March 1988 to determine two issues: (1) the economic value of the “modest standard of living” guaranteed plaintiffs under their treaties with the United States; and (2) the income-generating potential of the available resources in the ceded territory of northern Wisconsin. 1
I conclude that plaintiffs have established the monetary measurement of a “modest standard of living” and have proven that they could not achieve this standard even if they were permitted to harvest every available resource in the ceded territory and even…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. BouchardDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1978
- Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. State of WisconsinDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1987
- Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Plaintiffs- Cross-Appellees v. Lester P. Voigt, Cross-Appellants. United States of America, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellee v. State of Wisconsin, a Sovereign State, and Sawyer County, Wisconsin, Defendants-Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
3Cited by10 opinions
- Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- United States v. WashingtonDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1993
- Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. WisconsinDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1990
- Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. State of Minn.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1997
- United States v. BresetteDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1991
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