Yet More Holiday Reading: Ninth Circuit Decides Lyon v. Gila River Indian Community

Here is the opinion.

An excerpt:

This appeal involves a dispute between an Indian tribe andthe trustee of a bankruptcy estate over the rights of access toand occupation of a parcel of land completely surrounded byIndian reservation land. The district court had jurisdictionpursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1334. We have jurisdictionto hear this appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and weaffirm in part and vacate in part.