Legal Opinion
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. State of Michigan
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided February 28, 1991No. File M87-278-CA2PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.
This is an action brought by plaintiff Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (hereinafter “the Tribe”), against defendant State of Michigan (hereinafter “the State”), seeking (1) a declaration regarding the boundaries of the L’Anse Federal Indian Reservation, established pursuant to an 1854 Treaty, and (2) an injunction restraining the State from improperly exercising civil and criminal jurisdiction within those boundaries.
The Keweenaw Bay Indian Reservation was established pursuant to Article 2 of the 1854 Treaty with the Chippewa, 10 Stat.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Mattz v. ArnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Robert Naftaly, Township of L'AnseCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
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- Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Robert Naftaly, Township of L'AnseCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
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