Delaware Nation v. Comm of PA

Opinion

Opinions of the United

2006 Decisions States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

6-14-2006

Delaware Nation v. Comm of PA Precedential or Non-Precedential: Precedential

Docket No. 04-4593

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PRECEDENTIAL

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

No. 04-4593

THE DELAWARE NATION, A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBE,

IN ITS OWN NAME AND AS THE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO "MOSES"

TUNDY TETAMY, A FORMER CHIEF OF THE DELAWARE NATION, AND OF HIS DESCENDANTS

v.

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; EDWARD G. RENDELL; COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON, PENNSYLVANIA; J. MICHAEL DOWD; RON ANGLE; MICHAEL F. CORRIERE; MARY ENSSLIN; MARGARET FERRARO; WAYNE A.

GRUBE; ANN MCHALE;

TIMOTHY B. MERWARTH; NICK R. SABATINE; COUNTY OF BUCKS, PENNSYLVANIA; MICHAEL G.

FITZPATRICK; CHARLES H. MARTIN; SANDRA A. MILLER;

TOWNSHIP OF FORKS, PENNSYLVANIA;

JOHN ACKERMAN; DAVID KOLB; DONALD H. MILLER; DAVID W. HOFF;

HENNING HOLMGAARD; BINNEY & SMITH, INC.; FOLLETT CORPORATION;

ROBERT AERNI;

MARY ANN AERNI; AUDREY BAUMAN;

DANIEL O. LICHTENWALNER;

JOAN B. LICHTENWALNER; CAROL A. MIGLIACCIO; JOSEPH M. PADULA;

MARY L. PADULA; JACK REESE; JEAN REESE; ELMORE H. REISS;

DOROTHY H. REISS; GAIL N. ROBERTS; CARL W. ROBERTS; WARREN F. WERKHEISER; ADA A. WERKHEISER; WARREN NEILL WERKHEISER;

NICK ZAWARSKI AND SONS DEVELOPERS INC.; JOHN DOES 1-250; JOHN DOE COMPANY; MARK SAMPSON; CATHY SAMPSON

The Delaware Nation,

Appellant

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (D.C. No. 04-cv-00166)

District Judge: Honorable James McGirr Kelly

Argued November 8, 2005

Before: FUENTES, GARTH and ROTH*, Circuit Judges.

Stephen A. Cozen (Argued) Thomas B. Fiddler, Esquire Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr., Esquire Cozen & O’Connor 1900 Market Street, 4th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103

Counsel for Appellant

Benjamin S. Sharp, Esquire (Argued) Donald C. Baur, Esquire Perkins Coie 607 14th Street, N.W.., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005

David F. B. Smith, Esquire (Argued) Ryberg & Smith 1054 31st Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20007

*Judge Roth assumed senior status on May 31, 2006.

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Mark A. Kearney, Esquire (Argued) Elliott, Reihner & Siedzikowski 925 Harvest Drive, Suite 300 P.O. Box 3010 Blue Bell, PA 19422

Andrew J. Bellwoar, Esquire (Argued) Siana, Bellwoar & McAndrew 941 Pottstown Pike, Suite 200 Chester Springs, PA 19425

Raymond J. DeRaymond, Esquire DeRaymond & Smith 717 Washington Street Easton, PA 18042

Darryl J. May, Esquire Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll 1735 Market Street, 51st Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103

William P. Leeson, Esquire Leeson, Leeson & Leeson 70 East Broad Street P.O. Box 1426 Bethlehem, PA 18016

Blair H. Granger, Esquire Blair H. Granger & Associates 1800 East Lancaster Avenue Paoli, PA 19301

Thomas L. Walters, Esquire Lewis and Walters 46 South Fourth Street Easton, PA 18042

Counsel for Appellees

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ORDER AMENDING OPINION

IT IS ORDERED that the published Opinion in the above case, filed on May 4,

2006, be amended as follows:

On page 13, delete the following paragraph:

No purchase, grant, lease, or other conveyance of lands, or of any title or claim thereto, from any Indian nation or tribe of Indians, shall be of any validity in law or equity, unless the same be made by treaty or convention entered into pursuant to the constitution.

and replace it with:

No purchase, grant, lease or other conveyance of lands, or of any title or claim thereto, from any Indian, or nation or tribe of Indians, within the bounds of the United States, shall be of any validity, in law or equity, unless the same by made by treaty or convention, entered into, pursuant to the constitution

By the Court,

/s/ Jane R. Roth

Circuit Judge

Dated: June 14, 2006