CONNECTICUT v. MOHEGAN TRIBE

No. 80-1365.

452 U.S. 968 (1981)

CONNECTICUT v. MOHEGAN TRIBE.

Supreme Court of United States.

June 22, 1981.


Certiorari denied.

JUSTICE REHNQUIST, dissenting.

This case involves the scope and applicability of the Non-intercourse statute, first enacted in 1790 and now codified in 25 U.S.C. § 177, which prohibits the sale of Indian land unless conveyed by a treaty approved by the Federal Government. The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the terms of the Nonintercourse statute apply to all land throughout the United States. Because the decision...

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