the Delaware Nation, Afederally Recognized Indian Tribe, in Its Own Name v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
No. 04-4593
THE DELAWARE NATION, A FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBE,
IN ITS OWN NAME AND AS THE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO "MOSES"
TUNDY TETAMY, A FORMER CHIEF OF
THE DELAWARE NATION, AND OF HIS DESCENDANTS
v.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; EDWARD G. RENDELL; COUNTY OF
NORTHAMPTON, PENNSYLVANIA; J. MICHAEL DOWD; RON ANGLE;
MICHAEL F. CORRIERE; MARY ENSSLIN; MARGARET FERRARO; WAYNE A.
GRUBE; ANN MCHALE;
TIMOTHY B. MERWARTH; NICK R. SABATINE;
COUNTY OF BUCKS, PENNSYLVANIA; MICHAEL G.
FITZPATRICK; CHARLES H. MARTIN; SANDRA A. MILLER;
TOWNSHIP OF FORKS, PENNSYLVANIA;
JOHN ACKERMAN; DAVID KOLB;
DONALD H. MILLER; DAVID W. HOFF;
HENNING HOLMGAARD; BINNEY & SMITH, INC.; FOLLETT CORPORATION;
ROBERT AERNI;
MARY ANN AERNI; AUDREY BAUMAN;
DANIEL O. LICHTENWALNER;
JOAN B. LICHTENWALNER; CAROL A. MIGLIACCIO; JOSEPH M. PADULA;
MARY L. PADULA; JACK REESE; JEAN REESE; ELMORE H. REISS;
DOROTHY H. REISS; GAIL N. ROBERTS;
CARL W. ROBERTS; WARREN F. WERKHEISER;
ADA A. WERKHEISER; WARREN NEILL WERKHEISER;
NICK ZAWARSKI AND SONS DEVELOPERS INC.; JOHN DOES 1-250; JOHN DOE
COMPANY; MARK SAMPSON; CATHY SAMPSON
The Delaware Nation,
Appellant

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On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(D.C. No. 04-cv-00166)
District Judge: Honorable James McGirr Kelly
Argued November 8, 2005
Before: FUENTES, GARTH and ROTH*, Circuit Judges.
Stephen A. Cozen (Argued)
Thomas B. Fiddler, Esquire
Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr., Esquire
Cozen & O’Connor
1900 Market Street, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Counsel for Appellant
Benjamin S. Sharp, Esquire (Argued)
Donald C. Baur, Esquire
Perkins Coie
607 14th Street, N.W.., Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
David F. B. Smith, Esquire (Argued)
Ryberg & Smith
1054 31 st Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
*Judge Roth assumed senior status on May 31, 2006.

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Mark A. Kearney, Esquire (Argued)
Elliott, Reihner & Siedzikowski
925 Harvest Drive, Suite 300
P.O. Box 3010
Blue Bell, PA 19422
Andrew J. Bellwoar, Esquire (Argued)
Siana, Bellwoar & McAndrew
941 Pottstown Pike, Suite 200
Chester Springs, PA 19425
Raymond J. DeRaymond, Esquire
DeRaymond & Smith
717 Washington Street
Easton, PA 18042
Darryl J. May, Esquire
Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
William P. Leeson, Esquire
Leeson, Leeson & Leeson
70 East Broad Street
P.O. Box 1426
Bethlehem, PA 18016
Blair H. Granger, Esquire
Blair H. Granger & Associates
1800 East Lancaster Avenue
Paoli, PA 19301
Thomas L. Walters, Esquire
Lewis and Walters
46 South Fourth Street
Easton, PA 18042
Counsel for Appellees

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ORDER AMENDING OPINION
IT IS ORDERED that the published Opinion in the above case, filed on May 4,
2006, be amended as follows:
On page 13, delete the following paragraph:
No purchase, grant, lease, or other conveyance of
lands, or of any title or claim thereto, from any Indian nation
or tribe of Indians, shall be of any validity in law or equity,
unless the same be made by treaty or convention entered into
pursuant to the constitution.
and replace it with:
No purchase, grant, lease or other conveyance of lands,
or of any title or claim thereto, from any Indian, or nation or
tribe of Indians, within the bounds of the United States, shall
be of any validity, in law or equity, unless the same by made
by treaty or convention, entered into, pursuant to the
constitution
By the Court,
/s/ Jane R. Roth
Circuit Judge
Dated: June 14, 2006

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