STURDEVANT v. WILBER

No. 75-C-381.

456 F.Supp. 428 (1978)

Michael E. STURDEVANT et al., Plaintiffs, v. Sylvia WILBER et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Wisconsin.

September 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Kay Baum, Menominee Legal Defense/Offense Committee, Keshena, Wis., for plaintiffs.

Preloznik & Associates by Steven A. Felsenthal, Madison, Wis., for defendants.


DECISION and ORDER

MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.

This action is before me on the defendants' motion to dismiss and the plaintiffs' motion to amend their complaint. These motions can best be understood when viewed in the context of the legislation which has changed the status of the Menominee Indian Tribe in recent years.

Between 1848 and 1961, the Menominee Indian Tribe lived on lands it had ceded to the United States by treaty. This reservation...

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