United States Tenth Circuit

Plaintiff-Indian Tribe's claim for a consideration-free transfer of property pursuant to 40 U.S.C. section 523 is dismissed where plaintiff's reservation was terminated in an 1854 Treaty between it and the United States.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/16/2005
• Published 09/16/2005

Judges

• Before EBEL, HOLLOWAY, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• R. Scott Beeler (Alok Ahuja and Jennifer M. Hannah with him on the brief), Lathrop & Gage, L.C., Overland Park, KS, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• David D. Zimmerman, Assistant United States Attorney (Eric F. Melgren, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Kansas City, KS, for Defendants-Appellees.