United States Eighth Circuit
State of S. Dakota v. US Dept. of the Interior, 04-2309
The Secretary of the Interior properly used his authority, based on Section 5 of the Indian Reorganization Act, 25 U.S.C. Sec. 456, to take certain land into trust for the Lower Brule Tribe.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/06/2005
- Published 09/06/2005
Judges
- WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, LAY, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eighth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- John P. Guhin, argued, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, SD, for appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Thomas L. Sansonetti, argued, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department Of Justice, Washington, DC (Judith Rabinowitz, Ellen Durkee and Lisa E. Jones, U.S. Department of Justice on the brief), for appellee.