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SOKAOGON CHIPPEWA COMMUNITY v. EXXON CORP.

No. 92-3920.

2 F.3d 219 (1993)

SOKAOGON CHIPPEWA COMMUNITY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EXXON CORPORATION, State of Wisconsin, Forest County, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1993.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied October 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton Rosenberg, Madison, WI (argued), Daniel W. Stevens, Esser, Dieterich & Stevens, Menomonee Falls, WI, for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles G. Curtis, Jr., Foley & Lardner, Madison, WI, John D. Niemisto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI (argued), David E. Beckwith, David Lucey, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, WI, Lawrence R. Heath, Richard J. Shawl, Office of Corp. Counsel, Rhinelander, WI, Fred W. Kawalski, Office of Corp. Counsel, Antigo, WI, Truman Q. McNulty, Frisch Dudek, Ltd., Milwaukee, WI, Robin Stowe, Office of Corp. Counsel, Antigo, WI, for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and WILL, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied October 20, 1993.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The Sokaogon Chippewa Community, an Indian tribe, brought this suit in 1986 against the United States, Exxon Corporation, the State of Wisconsin, and various political subdivisions of the state, seeking a declaration that the tribe has the right to occupy a tract of 144 square miles in northeastern Wisconsin which contains potentially valuable mineral deposits. The...

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