Private Utility Decries Ruling Barring Condemnation Of Indian Land For Power Line

Mealey's (December 1, 2017, 10:02 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A public utility company seeking to seeking to condemn parcels of Indian-owned land for a power line right of way asked the U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 20 to review a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals finding that once a parcel of land originally allotted to a Native American is transferred to the United States in trust for a tribe, the parcel becomes tribal land not subject to condemnation (Public Service Company of New Mexico v. Lorraine Barboan, et al., No. 17-756, U.S. Sup., 2017 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 4612)....