LAC COURTE OREILLES BAND v. EVERS

18-cv-992-jdp.

533 F.Supp.3d 701 (2021)

LAC COURTE OREILLES BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS OF WISCONSIN, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, and Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin, Plaintiffs, v. Tony EVERS, Peter Barca, Town of Bass Lake, Town of Hayward, Town of Lac du Flambeau, Town of Sanborn, Town of Russell, Town of Ashland, Town of White River, Town of Gingles, Town of Boulder Junction, Town of Mercer, Town of Sherman, Scott Zillmer, William Metzinger, Michael Schnautz, Claude Riglemon, Associated Appraisal Consultants, Inc., Paul Carlson, and Jennie Marten, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

Signed April 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Adams, III , Peter Rademacher , Vanya S. Hogen , Hogen Adams PLLC, St. Paul, MN, Colette Routel , William Mitchell College of Law, Leah Kay Jurss , Amy Elizabeth Kania , Hogen Adams, PLLC, Saint Paul, MN, David Michael Ujke , Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Bayfield, WI, Dyllan Evan Linehan , Kekek Jason Todd Stark , Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Government, Hayward, WI, Erick John Arnold , Bad River Indian Tribe — Chief Blackbird Center, Odanah, WI, for Plaintiffs Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.

Andrew Adams, III , Peter Rademacher , Vanya S. Hogen , Hogen Adams PLLC, St. Paul, MN, Colette Routel , William Mitchell College of Law, Leah Kay Jurss , Amy Elizabeth Kania , Hogen Adams, PLLC, Saint Paul, MN, David Michael Ujke , Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Bayfield, WI, Dyllan Evan Linehan , Kekek Jason Todd Stark , Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Government, Hayward, WI, Erick John Arnold , Bad River Indian Tribe — Chief Blackbird Center, Odanah, WI, Howard Joseph Bichler , Wisconsin Judicare, Inc., Wausau, WI, for Plaintiff Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin.

Remzy Bitar , Municipal Law & Litigation Group, S.C., Waukesha, WI, Thomas Charles Bellavia , Anthony David Russomanno , Colin Thomas Roth , State of Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendant Tony Evers.

Thomas Charles Bellavia , Anthony David Russomanno , Colin Thomas Roth , State of Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendant Peter Barca.

Remzy Bitar , Raymond Valjon Anderson , Municipal Law & Litigation Group, S.C., Waukesha, WI, for Defendants Town of Bass Lake, Wisconsin, Town of Hayward, Wisconsin, Town of Sanborn, Wisconsin, Town of White River, Wisconsin, Town of Gingles, Wisconsin, Town of Mercer, Wisconsin, Scott Zillmer, Michael Schnautz, Claude Riglemon, Associated Appraisal Consultants, Inc.

Gregory J. Harrold , Harrold, Scrobell & Danner S.C., Minocqua, WI, for Defendants Town of Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, Town of Boulder Junction, Wisconsin.

John R. Carlson , Linda Irene Coleman , Spears, Carlson & Coleman, Washburn, WI, for Defendants Town of Russell, Wisconsin, Jennie Marten.

Remzy Bitar , Raymond Valjon Anderson , Samantha R. Schmid , Municipal Law & Litigation Group, S.C., Waukesha, WI, for Defendants Town of Ashland, Wisconsin, William Mietzinger.

Frederick John Schellgell , Schellgell Law Office, Mercer, WI, for Defendant Town of Sherman, Wisconsin.

Frederick John Schellgell , Schellgell Law Office, Mercer, WI, Remzy Bitar , Raymond Valjon Anderson , Municipal Law & Litigation Group, S.C., Waukesha, WI, Gregory J. Harrold , Harrold, Scrobell & Danner S.C., Minocqua, WI, for Defendant Paul Carlson.


OPINION and ORDER

The plaintiffs are four Ojibwe tribes with reservations in northern Wisconsin. Those reservations were established by the 1854 Treaty of La Pointe, which included a provision, common in treaties of the era, by which the President of the United States could allot parcels of reservation...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases