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WISCONSIN v. LANE

No. 7, Original.

245 U.S. 427 (1918)

38 S.Ct. 135

62 L.Ed. 377

STATE OF WISCONSIN v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. IN EQUITY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John C. Thompson and Mr. R.A. Hollister, with whom Mr. Walter C. Owen, Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin, and Mr. M.G. Eberlein were on the briefs, for complainant.

Mr. C. Edward Wright, with whom Mr. Charles D. Mahaffie, Solicitor for the Department of the Interior, was on the brief, for defendant.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an original suit brought by the State of Wisconsin claiming title under the school land grant to the State to sections 16 in certain townships in the Menominee Indian Reservation, which lands are alleged to belong to the State or its grantees. The bill seeks to enjoin the defendant, the Secretary of the Interior,1 and through him the Indian occupants of the land, from cutting...

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