United States Eighth Circuit
Yankton Sioux Tribe v. US Army Corps of Eng'rs., 08-2255
In an action by the Yankton Sioux Tribe challenging the validity of land transfers by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the State of South Dakota, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the fee-patented lands at issue were outside the "external boundaries" of the reservation before they were acquired by the Corps; and 2) allotted lands still held in trust became lands "located outside the external boundaries" of the Reservation when fee simple title was acquired by the Corps for the Fort Randall Dam project.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/02/2010
- Published 06/02/2010
Judges
- LOKEN, Chief Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge,BYE, Circuit Judge, and MILLER, District Judge.
Court
- United States Eighth Circuit