Legal Opinion
United States v. City of McAlester
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1979No. 76-1455PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 410' F.Supp. 848, holding valid an easement for a municipal waterworks obtained by the City of McAlester over lands owned by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations (the Nations), and denying declaratory and injunc-tive relief.
At the request of the Secretary of the Interior the United States brought this action in its own right1 and in its fiduciary capacity2 on behalf of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations against the City of McAlester, a/k/a City of South…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Cherokee Nation v. State of GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
- Minnesota v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Lone Wolf v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Choate v. TrappSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- United States v. City Of McalesterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- Drummond v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982