United States Eighth Circuit

In action by a state to prevent federal agencies from placing certain land located outside an Indian reservation into trust on behalf of the tribe, denial of the tribe's motion to intervene as a matter of right was not error as the interests of the U.S. subsume those of the tribe, and the U.S. can adequately protect any interest the Tribe has.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/03/2003
• Published 02/03/2003

Judges

• HANSEN, Chief Judge., Before HANSEN, Chief Judge, HEANEY and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tracy A. Labin, argued, Washington, DC, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John P. Guhin, argued, Pierre, SD (Mark Barnett, Paul E. Jensen, on the brief), for appellee State of South Dakota., Judy Rabinowitz, argued, San Francisco, CA (Thomas L. Sansonetti, William B. Lazarus, Lisa E. Jones, Mary Anne Kenworthy, on the brief), for appellees Dept. of Interior, Cora Jones and Cleve Her Many Horses.