The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana v. Harry L. Laws Company, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1982-11-05

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CLARK, Chief Judge: The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana brought this suit in the Western District of Louisiana claiming ownership of a large tract of land in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. They have named more than eighty St. Mary Parish landowners as defendants. The Chitimachas argue that three transfers of land in the eighteenth century from their ancestors to the defendants’ pre…

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