SOKAOGON CHIPPEWA COMMUNITY v. EXXON CORP.

Case No. 86-C-0599.

805 F.Supp. 680 (1992)

SOKAOGON CHIPPEWA COMMUNITY, Plaintiff, v. EXXON CORPORATION, a corporation chartered in the State of New Jersey; State of Wisconsin; Forest County, a political subdivision of the State of Wisconsin; Langlade County, a political subdivision of the State of Wisconsin; Oneida County, a political subdivision of the State of Wisconsin; Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

October 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl A. Charlton, Charlton & Esser, Milwaukee, Wis., Milton Rosenberg, Madison, Wis., for plaintiff.

John D. Niemisto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for defendant State of Wis.

Charles G. Curtis, Jr., Foley & Lardner, Madison, Wis., for defendant Exxon Corp.

Robin Stowe, Langlade County Corp. Counsel, Antigo, Wis., for defendant Langlade County.

Fred W. Kawalski, Forest County Corp. Counsel, Crandon, Wis., for defendant Forest County.

Lawrence R. Heath, Oneida County Corp. Counsel, Rhinelander, Wis., for defendant Oneida County.

Elsa Lamelas, Asst. U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant U.S.

Patrick M. Brady, Brady & Molinaro, S.C., Wausau, Wis., for Connor Forest Industries, Inc.


DECISION AND ORDER

WARREN, Senior District Judge.

Before the Court are the defendants' motions for summary judgment. Specifically at issue is the plaintiff's right to possess and occupy 12 mile by 12 mile tract of land in Northern Wisconsin ("the subject territory"). Each of the named defendants has legal title to portions of the subject territory, and the plaintiff has petitioned this Court for declaratory relief upholding their rights in the land, which...

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