Legal Opinion
Bear v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 21, 1987No. Nos. 85-2485, 2487NEPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Senior District Judge.
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and several heirs of individual Indian allottees brought suit to quiet title to accreted lands located in Nebraska and Iowa along the Missouri River. All of the land sought by the Tribe and much of the land sought by the heirs of the individual allottees was subject to condemnation proceedings by the United States in the 1970s, and is currently held by the United States. The remainder of the land sought by the heirs is held by two private parties: Briar Cliff College and Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary.
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