U.S., Tribe: No Review Needed For Ruling That Reservation Boundaries Remain Intact

(September 17, 2015, 12:33 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should reject a request by the State of Nebraska and a town in the state to review a finding that the original boundaries of the Omaha Indian Reservation were not reduced by an 1882 federal act because the question the state and town present was not decided by the lower courts, the United States and tribal officials say in an Aug. 19 response brief (State of Nebraska, et al. v. Mitch Parker, et al., No. 14-1406, U.S. Sup.; 2015 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 2834)....