UNITED STATES v. 2,005.32 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

Civ. No. 722.

160 F.Supp. 193 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 2,005.32 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATE IN CORSON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA; and Sioux Indians of Standing Rock Reservation, et al., and Unknown Owners, Defendants.

United States District Court D. South Dakota, N. D.

March 10, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton G. Richards, U. S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S. D., H. R. Jackson, Lemmon, S. D., and Robert L. Jones, Sioux Falls, S. D., Asst. U. S. Attys., for plaintiff.

Marvin J. Sonosky, Washington, D. C., for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.


MICKELSON, Chief Judge.

As a part of the land acquisition program for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir project, the United States of America by the Secretary of the Army has commenced condemnation proceedings against 6.45 acres of Indian tribal land, designated as Tract R-1825, belonging to the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Tribe and located on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The matter before the court is a motion by the Tribe to dismiss the complaint...

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