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· 3/31/1987

United States v. Cherokee Nation of Okla.

Citations

  • 480 U.S. 700
  • 107 S. Ct. 1487
  • 94 L. Ed. 2d 704
  • 1987 U.S. LEXIS 1506
  • 55 U.S.L.W. 4403

How courts have described this case

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  • applying the navigational servitude to preempt private interests of riparian landowners in a streambed
  • Federal navigational servitude is superior to Indian tribe’s title to river bed.

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Judges: Rehnquist

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