Legal Opinion
United States of America in Its Own Right for and on Behalf of Santa Ana Indian Pueblo v. University of New Mexico
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1984No. 83-1238PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
The United States, in its own capacity and as trustee for the Indians of the Santa Ana Pueblo, sued the University of New Mexico, the Regents of the University of New Mexico, the Museum of New Mexico, and the New Mexico State Park and Recreation Commission under 28 U.S.C. § 1345. The United States sought ejectment of defendants from 11.8 acres of allegedly federally-protected tribal lands and damages for defendants’ trespass. 1 The district court granted the Regents’ motion to dismiss the claim for damages because of the immunity granted to the states by the Eleventh…
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