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BORDEAUX v. HUNT

Civ. No. 82-3081.

621 F.Supp. 637 (1985)

Shirley Lee BORDEAUX, Individually and as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Clara Hudson, No. 3196, Deceased v. Mary Ann HUNT, Estate of Lyle T. Hunt; Alvina Woockmann; the United States of America; Honorable James Watt, as United States Secretary of the Interior; Ken Smith, as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, C.D.

November 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramon A. Roubideaux, Rapid City, S.D., Mario Gonzalez, Pine Ridge, for plaintiffs.

Philip N. Hogen, U.S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S.D., Robert Mandel, Asst. U.S. Atty., Pierre, S.D., Kenneth A. Pels, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S. of America, James Watt, and Ken Smith.

William T. Finley, Jr., David F.B. Smith, Kevin W. McLean, Pierson, Semmes & Finley, Washington, D.C., for Named Title Ins. Companies as amici curiae.

DONALD J. PORTER, Chief Judge.

CASE SUMMARY

This case is one of thirteen filed in this court between December, 1982 and January, 1984, dealing with an identical issue: whether Indian land formerly held in trust for plaintiff's ancestor, but which had been unilaterally taken out of trust by the United States and subsequently alienated by plaintiff's ancestor approximately sixty years ago, should be recovered from...

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