Legal Opinion
United States v. Long Elk
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1977No. Nos. 76-1385 to 76-1391, 76-1344 and 76-1401PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
These appeals raise an important question of whether federal jurisdiction exists over criminal offenses committed within *1034that portion of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation opened to settlement by a 1918 congressional enactment. The Government has charged the defendants in these cases with committing crimes in that territory. If the 1913 Act diminished the reservation, the charges must be dismissed, but if the Act did not diminish the reservation, the federal courts possess jurisdiction over the crimes allegedly committed by these defendants.
I. Background.
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