Legal Opinion
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe v. United States
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided May 20, 1982No. Civ. No. 80-3047PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DONALD J. PORTER, District Judge.
CASE SUMMARY
The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe brought this action seeking a declaration of its rights under the Act of October 3, 1962, Pub.L.No.87-734, 76 Stat. 698, which authorized the taking of certain lands of the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation for the Big Bend Dam and Reservoir Project on the Missouri River. The Tribe contends that the Secretary of the Army has ignored a mandate of the Act which directs the Secretary to revest in the Tribe previously condemned land that is not required for the Big Bend Project. Further, the Tribe contends that…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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- Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Of South Dakota v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983