NEBRASKA PUB. POWER DIST. v. 100.95 ACRES OF LAND

Civ. No. 79-0-411.

540 F.Supp. 592 (1982)

NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Nebraska, Plaintiff, v. 100.95 ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY OF THURSTON, Hiram Grant, et al., Unknown Owners, United States of America, and Department of the Interior, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nebraska.

June 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James DeMars, Lincoln, Neb., for plaintiff.

Michael D. Gooch, Inter-Tribal Legal Services, Winnebago, Neb., Yvonne T. Knight, Native America Rights Fund, Boulder, Colo., Paul W. Madgett, Asst. U. S. Atty., Omaha, Neb., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

SCHATZ, District Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

This civil action arose as a result of efforts by the plaintiff, Nebraska Public Power District (hereinafter N.P.P.D.), to construct a high-voltage electric transmission line over a portion of the Winnebago Indian Reservation (hereinafter Reservation) in Thurston County, Nebraska. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C.A. § 357, N.P.P.D. asserts that the states have been granted the right to condemn...

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