Legal Opinion
Cherokee Nation v. Oklahoma
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1972No. Nos. 71-1210, 71-1295PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
We have again the three-pronged controversy over ownership of the bed of the Arkansas River, a navigable stream, in Oklahoma. When the case was first here we affirmed the district court holding that title was in Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation v. Oklahoma, 10 Cir., 402 F.2d 739. The Supreme Court reversed sub nom. Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma, 397 U.S. 620, 90 S.Ct. 1328, 25 L.Ed.2d 615. The case was remanded to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the opinion of the Supreme Court.
Cherokee Nation brought the action, claiming title to the entire bed of…
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