BEAR v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 85-2485, 2487NE.

810 F.2d 153 (1987)

Robin Ann BEAR, et al., Appellants/Cross-appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Appellees (Two Cases). The WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA, Appellant/Cross-appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, The State of Iowa, Appellee/Cross-appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale T. White of Boulder, Colo., for appellants/cross-appellees.

Sarah P. Robinson of the Dept. of Justice in Washington, D.C., John P. Sarcone, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, FAGG, Circuit Judge, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


LARSON, Senior District Judge.

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and several heirs of individual Indian allottees brought suit to quiet title to accreted lands located in Nebraska and Iowa along the Missouri River. All of the land sought by the Tribe and much of the land sought by the heirs of the individual allottees was subject to condemnation proceedings by the United States in the 1970s, and is currently held by the United States. The remainder of the land sought...

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