RED LAKE BAND OF INDIANS v. BAUDETTE, MINN.

Civ. No. 4-89-719.

766 F.Supp. 730 (1991)

RED LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF BAUDETTE, MINNESOTA, a municipal corporation; Independent School District No. 386, Successor in Interest to Independent School No. 111, a municipal corporation; State of Minnesota; Canadian National Railroad Company, a corporation, successor in interest to the Minnesota and Manitoba Railroad Company, a corporation; Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc., a corporation; First National Bank of Baudette, a corporation; Baudette Oil Co., Inc., a corporation; Co-Op Service, Inc., of Baudette, a corporation; Larry Larson, dba Rapid River Grain and Seed Company; Howard Mord, dba Howard's Oil Company; Elwood L. Dahl and Lloydeen E. Dahl, dba Phillips 66; Robert E. Schuler dba Schuler Company; and Exports, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

May 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin J. Sonosky, Rodney J. Edwards, James F. Bodin, Duluth, Minn., Sonosky, Chambers & Sachse, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

John E. Jacobson, Jacobson Law Office, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants City of Baudette and Independent School Dist. 386.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Minn. Atty. Gen., and Gail I. Lewellan, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., for defendant State of Minn.

Gilbert W. Harries, Hanft, Fride, O'Brien, Harries, Swelbar & Burns, Duluth, Minn., Philip A. Nacke, Hopkins, Sutter, Hamel & Park, Washington, D.C., for defendants Canadian Nat. R.R. and Minnesota & Manitoba Ry.

John P. Bailey, Bailey Law Office, Bemidji, Minn., for defendant Minnkota Power Co-op.

Daniel C. Adams, Bowman & Brooke, Minneapolis, Minn., Jeffrey R. Ansel, Timothy K. Masterson, Winthrop & Weinstine, St. Paul, Minn. for defendant First Nat. Bank of Baudette.

Richard A. Saliterman, Saliterman & Siefferman, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant Exports, Inc.

Jerome G. Arnold, U.S. Atty., and Mary E. Carlson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for amicus curiae U.S.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MacLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on defendants' motions for summary judgment granting judgment for defendants as a matter of law. The motions will be granted.

FACTS

This is an action brought by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians (the Band) to quiet title to land in and around Baudette, Minnesota. The land at issue is referred to as Government Lots 3 and 4.1

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