OMAHA INDIAN TRIBE, ETC. v. WILSON

Nos. 77-1384, 77-1387.

614 F.2d 1153 (1980)

OMAHA INDIAN TRIBE, TREATY OF 1854 WITH the UNITED STATES (10 Stat. 1043), Organized pursuant to the Act of 6/18/34 (48 Stat. 984; 25 U.S.C. § 476) as amended, Appellant, v. Roy Tibbals WILSON, Charles G. Lakin, Florence Lakin, R. G. P. Incorporated, an Iowa corporation, Harold Jackson, Otis Peterson, Travelers Insurance Company, The State of Iowa, Darrell L., Harold, Harold M. and Luea Sorenson, State Conservation Commission of the State of Iowa, Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Roy Tibbals WILSON, Charles G. Lakin, Florence Lakin, R. G. P. Incorporated, an Iowa corporation, Harold Jackson, Otis Peterson, Travelers Insurance Company and the State of Iowa, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1980.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Veeder, Washington, D. C., for Omaha Indian Tribe.

Thomas R. Burke and Lyman L. Larsen, Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda, Omaha, Neb., for appellee, Harold Jackson.

Edson Smith and Robert H. Berkshire, Swarr, May, Smith & Andersen, Omaha, Neb., for appellee, Roy Tibbals Wilson, et al.

Peter J. Peters, Council Bluffs, Iowa, for appellees, RGP, et al.

Lowell Kindig, Kindig, Beebe, Rawlings, Nieland & Killinger, Sioux City, Iowa, for appellee, Travelers Insurance Co.

Maurice B. Nieland, Kindig, Beebe, Rawlings, Nieland & Killinger, Sioux City, Iowa, for appellee, Harold M. Sorenson, et al.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa and Bennett Cullison, Jr., Harlan, Iowa, for appellees, State of Iowa, et al.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and STEPHENSON and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 8, 1980.

LAY, Chief Judge.

These cases have been remanded to us by the United States Supreme Court for reconsideration in light of the principles set forth in its June 20, 1979 opinion. Wilson v. Omaha Indian Tribe, 442 U.S. 653, 99 S.Ct. 2529, 61 L.Ed.2d 153 (1979).

I. Factual Background.

At issue is ownership of approximately 2,900 acres of land...

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