Legal Opinion
Seneca Nation of Indians v. Brucker
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 24, 1958No. Civ. 2202-57PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGARRAGHY, District Judge.
This is an action to enjoin the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of the United States Army Corps of Engineers from commencing the construction of a flood control dam intended, primarily, for the protection of Pittsburgh, in the Allegheny River in the vicinity of Kinzua, Pennsylvania, the project being officially designated as “the Allegheny Reservoir Project” which is approximately twelve and one-half miles downstream from the Pennsylvania-New York border.
Within the area of the project is part of a reservation which was the subject of a treaty between the Seneca…
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