Bureau Of Indian Affairs Properly Partitioned Land, Montana Federal Judge Says

(June 9, 2023, 2:33 PM EDT) -- BILLINGS, Mont. — The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) properly partitioned a piece of land among four groups despite taking away some land from the majority owner because the parties owned the land as tenants in common and their percent interest did not correlate to a percent of acreage, a Montana federal judge held in partly granting a motion for summary judgment filed by the majority owner....