Legal Opinion
United States v. Cherokee Nation of Okla.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 31, 1987No. 85-1940PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
In Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma, 397 U. S. 620 (1970), the Court determined that certain treaties between the Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Tribes and the United States granted to the Tribes fee simple title to the riverbed underlying specified portions of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma. The Court found the circumstances sufficient to overcome the “strong presumption against conveyance by the United States” of title to the bed of a navigable water. Montana v. United States, 450 U. S. 544, 552 (1981). See United States v. Holt State Bank, 270 U. S. 49 (1926). The question presented in this…
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