Trespass on allotted Native land
Aubol v. Andeavor Logistics
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Sharon Aubol and other individual Indian allottees seek Supreme Court review in a case against Andeavor Logistics over whether federal law lets them sue for trespass on land they have a federal right to possess.
- What's at stake
- Whether these allottees can bring this federal trespass claim remains unresolved at the Supreme Court.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
They say the Eighth Circuit ruled that individual allottees cannot bring this claim; their petition for Supreme Court review has been filed.
The Eighth Circuit read earlier Supreme Court cases as allowing a federal trespass claim for tribes asserting ancestral land rights, but not for individual allottees.
Question presented
Whether individual Indian allottees with a current right of possession conferred by federal law have a federal common-law cause of action for trespass on their allotments.
What happens next
The Court must decide whether to hear the case. No oral argument or decision date is set.
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