Shoshone Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation v. United States of America et al
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January 23, 2024
Court Will Rethink Tribes' Claims In Railroad Dispute
An Idaho federal judge has reinstated two Quiet Title Act claims the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation lodged against the federal government in a dispute over land once used by a railway, agreeing that a Supreme Court ruling requires the reversal of a prior order dismissing the claims.
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March 13, 2023
Only One Claim Survives In Idaho Tribes' Railroad Land Suit
A federal judge dismissed all but one claim of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes' bid to reconsider two U.S. district court orders that rejected arguments that land once used by railroads should be returned to them.
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July 27, 2022
Feds, Idaho City Fight Tribes' Bid To Redo Railway Suit Ruling
The federal government and an Idaho city urged a federal judge on Tuesday to reject the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes' bid to have the court reconsider two orders that tossed claims related to land formerly used for railroads that the tribes said should be returned to them.
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June 09, 2022
Idaho Tribes Look To Revisit Land Rulings In Railway Row
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes have urged an Idaho federal judge to rethink rulings in their suit against the federal government over railroad rights-of-way within reservation land, saying the judge wrongly tossed claims to settle the tribes' title over land where the railway crossed their reservation.
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February 24, 2022
Tribes Say Federal Officials Are Proper Targets In Railway Suit
Idaho's Shoshone-Bannock Tribes have asked a federal judge not to rethink his ruling that they properly sued several federal officers in their suit alleging that railroad rights-of-way within reservation land belong to the tribes now that they're no longer being used for railway purposes.
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June 14, 2021
Idaho Tribes Say Feds Can't Duck Railway Land Suit
Idaho's Shoshone-Bannock Tribes have urged a federal judge not to dismiss their suit seeking to clarify ownership of abandoned railway easements on reservation land, saying the U.S. government continues to mismanage land that should have reverted to the tribes decades ago.
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November 04, 2020
Feds Renew Push To Dismiss Idaho Tribal Land Claim Suit
The U.S. government has urged an Idaho federal judge for the second time to toss a suit filed by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation more than two years ago due to a dispute over five parcels of land in Idaho.
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May 31, 2019
Idaho Tribes Win Bid To Pause Land Claim Suit
An Idaho federal judge has paused a suit from two tribes in the state seeking U.S. government recognition of land claims, finding that a D.C. court must first determine whether an earlier settlement means the tribes released those claims.
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March 13, 2019
Idaho Tribes Ask For Pause In Land Claim Suit
Two Idaho tribes are urging an Idaho federal court to pause their suit seeking U.S. government recognition of land claims, saying clarification from a D.C. court is needed to determine whether an earlier settlement means the tribes released those claims.
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June 26, 2018
Idaho Tribes Want Declaration Land Is Again Theirs
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation filed suit against the federal government in Idaho federal court on Tuesday asking that their claim to five tracts of land be properly recorded and recognized, saying that two 19th-century congressional acts give them control.