Legal Opinion
Ducheneaux v. SECRETARY OF INTERIOR OF US
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided October 24, 1986No. Civ. 85-5161PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BATTEY, District Judge.
This case is before the Court on a judicial review of the decision of the United States Department of the Interior, which denied Plaintiff her claimed interest by reason of her contribution during marriage in certain land held in trust by the government. Jurisdiction is conferred upon the Court by 5 U.S.C. § 706.
Individual defendants are nieces and nephews of Douglas Leonard Ducheneaux, deceased, husband of the Plaintiff. Defendant Secretary of the Interior of the United States is joined as an indispensable party since the property in question is held…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Ducheneaux v. Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Marie Ducheneaux v. Secretary of the Interior of the United States, June Ellen Ducheneaux Ledbetter Lillian Lynn Ducheneaux Ria Elaine Ducheneaux Seaboy Orville Rolland Ducheneaux Larry Douglas Ducheneaux Deanna Ducheneaux Mulloy Allen Theodore Ducheneaux Marlene Kay Ducheneaux Superintendent of Cheyenne River Agency and United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Marie Ducheneaux v. Secretary of the Interior of the United States June Ellen Ducheneaux Ledbetter Lillian Lynn Ducheneaux Ria Elaine Ducheneaux Seaboy Orville Rolland Ducheneaux Larry Douglas Ducheneaux Deanna Ducheneaux Mulloy Allen Theodore Ducheneaux Marlene Kay Ducheneaux, Superintendent of Cheyenne River Agency and United States Bureau of Indian AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988