U.S. v. IDAHO

No. CV94-328-N-EJL.

95 F.Supp.2d 1094 (1998)

In re Suit to Quiet Title to That Portion of The Bed And Banks of The Coeur D'alene Lake and St. Joe River Lying Within The Exterior Boundaries of The 1873 Coeur D'alene Reservation. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Counterdefendant, and Coeur D'Alene Tribe, Plaintiff in Intervention Counterdefendant in Intervention, v. State of IDAHO, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Idaho.

July 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lois J. Schiffer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Division, Kevin K Washburn, U.S. Dept of Justice, Indian Resources Section, Envir. and Nat. Resources Div., Hank Meshorer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environ. & Nat. Resources Div., Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Steven W. Strack, DAG, Clive J. Strong, Matthew J. McKeown, Office of Attorney General, Natural Resources Division, Boise, ID, for defendant.

Raymond C. Givens, Brian J. Cleary, Givens, Funke & Work, Coeur d'alene, ID, for Plaintiff-Intervenor.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

LODGE, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This case involves a dispute over the ownership of the bed and banks of Coeur d'Alene Lake and the St. Joe River (the "submerged lands") lying within the exterior boundaries of the present-day Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation. The United States of America acting in its own capacity and as trustee for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho (the "Tribe") initiated the current action against...

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