Spirit Lake Tribe v. North Dakota

ELR Citation: ELR 20021
No(s). 00-1819 (8th Cir. Aug 17, 2001)

The court holds that a district court properly granted summary judgment to state and private landowners that a Native American tribe sued under the Quiet Title Act (QTA) in an effort to assert ownership of a North Dakota lake, but that the district court lacked jurisdiction to grant summary judgment...