Legal Opinion
Pueblo of Santa Ana v. Alfredo Baca and Mary Lou Baca
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 25, 1988No. 86-1337PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the district court’s judgment allowing Santa Ana to eject defendants Alfredo Baca and Mary Lou Baca from a 131-acre parcel of land and to recover damages caused by their trespass. Defendants argue the district court erred in relying upon the boundaries established by an 1813 adjudication, rather than upon the boundaries set forth in an official United States survey. Defendants also believe the court should not have determined that Santa Ana acquired title to the disputed property by adverse possession. 1 We agree with the district court that…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Cragin v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Henshaw v. BissellSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Russell v. Maxwell Land Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Almond v. AndereggOregon Supreme Court · 1976
- Johnston v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1903
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- United States v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
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- Pueblo of San Felipe, a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe v. Debra Haaland, Secretary of the Interior; Robert Anderson, Solicitor, Department of the Interior; Tracy Stone-Manning, Director, Bureau of Land Management; Jerry Gidner, Director, Bureau of Trust Funds Administration; Darryl Lacounte, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Patricia Mattingly, Acting Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs Southwest Region; Santee Lewis, Superintendent, Bureau of Indian Affairs Southern Pueblos Agency, and Department of the InteriorDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 2025
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