Legal Opinion
Narragansett Indian Tribe v. Ribo, Inc.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided June 3, 1988No. Civ. A. 86-0348 TPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TORRES, District Judge.
This is an action to declare void two promissory notes and real estate mortgages from the Narragansett Indian Tribe (the “Tribe”) to the Defendants. Plaintiff alleges that these instruments were obtained in violation of 25 U.S.C. § 81, which prohibits specified types of agreements with Indian tribes unless they are approved by the Department of the Interior.
Defendants have counterclaimed to enforce the notes and mortgages; or, in the alternative, to rescind the two deeds by which title to the subject parcels of real estate was conveyed to the Plaintiff. In…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Narragansett Tribe of Indians v. Southern Rhode Island Land Development Corp.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1976
- In Re SanbornSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- A.K. Management Company, a Michigan Corporation v. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, a Federally Recognized Indian TribeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Joint Tribal Council of the Passamaquoddy Tribe v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary, Department of the Interior, State of Maine, Intervenor-Appellant. Joint Tribal Council of the Passamaquoddy Tribe v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary, Department of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- Lupe Alonzo, Jim Alonzo, Joe Alonzo and Valentino Alonzo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Penobscot Indian Nation v. Key Bank of MaineCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- United States of America Ex Rel. Lemuel A. Harlan v. Harold Bacon, Bonnie Bacon, John Bacon, and Kelly BaconCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Narragansett Indian Tribe v. Ribo, Inc., Appeal of Lloyd G. Wilcox and Lawrence E. OllivierreCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Maynard v. Narragansett Indian TribeDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1992
- Jicarilla Apache Tribe v. Board of County CommissionersNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1993
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