Clinton v. Shoop

How courts have described this case

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• stating that Montana applies because a congressionallygranted right-of-way is the equivalent of non-Indian fee land
• rejecting tribal court 22 jurisdiction over tribal members’ action against non-Indian railroad for injuries sustained in train-vehicle collision on railroad’s right-of-way on reservation
• cause of action arose on railroad right-of-way within the reser- vation; no jurisdiction in tribal courts
• “A right-of-way created by congressional grant is a transfer of a property interest that does not create a continuing consensual relationship between a tribe and the grantee.”
• “A right-of-way created by congressional grant is a transfer of a property interest that does not create a continuing consensual relationship between a tribe and the grantee.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).