Legal Opinion
Wisconsin v. Stockbridge-Munsee Community
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 20, 2009No. 04-3834PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
The Stockbridge-Munsee Indians (the Tribe) are comprised of descendants of the Mohican Tribe who migrated westward and eventually arrived in Wisconsin in the 1820s. In 1856, the United States entered into a treaty and created a reservation for the Tribe consisting of two townships (Bartelme and Red Springs) in Shawano County, Wisconsin, some 40 miles northwest of Green Bay. The issue in this case is straightforward — are the boundaries of that reservation still intact? The answer is important because the Tribe can only operate slot machines (under a contract with the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- DeCoteau v. District County Court for the Tenth Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Lone Wolf v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Solem v. BartlettSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Mattz v. ArnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Seymour v. Superintendent of Washington State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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