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ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE v. KNEIP

No. 75-562.

430 U.S. 584 (1977)

ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE v. KNEIP, GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 4, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin J. Sonosky argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

William J. Janklow, Attorney General of South Dakota, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Tom D. Tobin and David L. Knudson, Special Assistant Attorneys General, and William F. Day, Jr.

H. Bartow Farr argued the cause for the United States pro hac vice as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Bork, Assistant Attorney General Taft, Edmund B. Clark, and Neil T. Proto.*

MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

In June 1972, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe sued in the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota to obtain a declaratory judgment that the original boundaries of their reservation, as defined in the Act of March 2, 1889, 25 Stat. 888, had not been diminished by three subsequent Acts of Congress passed in 1904, 1907, and 1910 respectively.1 The District Court, noting...

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