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11 ILR 1 (1984)

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INDIAN LAW REPORTER
          A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN LAWYER TRAINING PROGRAM, INC.


January 1984


Volume 11, No. 1


Month-in-Brief                                                       I


                   UNITED STATES
                COURTS OF APPEALS

 Aboriginal Title: Extinguishment
 Reservations: Diminishment

 The Ninth Circuit holds that the Coeur d'Alene Tribe does
 retain a beneficial interest in the Heyburn State Park land
 which was conveyed by the United States to Idaho. Idaho, et
 al. v. Andrus, et al., No. 80-3013 (9th Cir., Dec. 1, 1983).



 Trespass to Indian Land

 The Eighth Circuit affirms that the decision in Oglala Sioux
 Tribe v. United States, 650 F.2d 140 (8th Cir. 1981), cert.
 denied, 455 U.S. 907 (1982), bars the present action. Oglala
 Sioux Tribe v. Homestake Mining Co., et al., No. 82-2101
 (8th Cir., Dec. 9, 1983).



 Jurisdiction, Federal Court: Habeas Corpus (Tribal)

 The Ninth Circuit agrees to grant plaintiff's habeas corpus
 petition unless the tribal appellate court conducts certain fur-
 ther proceedings. Smith v. Confederated Tribes of the Warm
 Springs Reservation, et al., No. 82-3433 (unpublished) (9th
 Cir., Nov. 15, 1983).




 Criminal Jurisdiction: Major Crimes Act

 The Eighth Circuit holds that general federal criminal stat-
 utes are applicable on Indian reservations. United States v.
Blue, No. 82-1995 (8th Cir., Dec. 1, 1983).


                   UNITED STATES
                   DISTRICT COURTS


 Sovereignty: Sovereign Immunity; Tribal

 The Florida District Court finds that plaintiff's reverse dis-
 crimination claim against the Seminole Tribe brought under
 the Indian Civil Rights Act is barred by sovereign immunity.
 Stroud v. Seminole Tribe, No. 82-8395-CIV-JAG (D. Fla.,
 Nov. 28, 1983).



 Hunting: Fishing, Trapping and Gathering Rights: Reserva-
 tion
Tribal Law: Applicability to Nonmembers

  The Arizona District Court rules that Arizona's hunting
and fishing regulations are not applicable on the Fort Apache
Reservation. White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Arizona, et
al., No. CIV77-867PHXWPC (D. Ariz., Oct. 24, 1983).


                 TRIBAL COURTS



Tribal Law: Tribal Codes

  The Salt River Community Court dismisses a civil rights
action brought by delinquent taxpayers against the commu-
nity. Makil, et al. v. Seota, et al., No. C-83-0045 (Salt R. Cm.
Ct., Sept. 23, 1983)


                         11 ILR 1


Copyright © 1984 by the American Indian Lawyer Training Program, Inc.
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                       ISSN-0097-1154

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