Home/Case Law/Fourth Circuit/Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina, Also Known as the Catawba Nation of South Carolina v. State of South Carolina, Richard W. Riley, as Governor of the State of South Carolina County of Lancaster, and Its County Council Consisting of Francis L. Bell as Chairman, Fred E. Plyler, Eldridge Emory, Robert L. Mobley, Barry L. Mobley, L. Eugene Hudson, Lindsay Pettus City of Rock Hill, J. Emmett Jerome, as Mayor, and Its City Council Consisting of Melford A. Wilson, Elizabeth D. Rhea, Maxine Gill, Winston Searles, A. Douglas Echols, Frank W. Berry, Sr. Bowater North American Corporation Catawba Timber Co. Celanese Corporation of America Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carolina Cresent Land & Timber Corp. Duke Power Company Flint Realty and Construction Company Herald Publishing Company Home Federal Savings and Loan Association Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Company Roddey Estates, Inc. Southern Railway Company Springs Mills Inc. J.P. Stevens & Company Tega Cay Associates Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Ashe Brick Company Church Heritage Village & Missionary Fellowship Nisbet Farms, Inc. C.H. Albright Ned Albright J.W. Anderson, Jr. John Marshall Wilkins, II Jesse G. Anderson John Wesley Anderson David Goode Anderson W.B. Ardrey, Jr. Eliza Beth Ardrey Grimball John W. Ardrey, Ardrey Farms F.S. Barnes, Jr. W. Watson Barron Wilson Barron Archie B. Carroll, Jr. Hugh William Close James Bradley Francis Lay Springs Lillian Crandel Close Francis Allison Close Leroy Springs Close Patricia Close William Elliot Close Hugh William Close, Jr. Robert A. Fewell W.J. Harris Annie F. Harris T.W. Hutchinson Hiram Hutchinson, Jr. J.R. McAlhaney F.M. MacK Jr. Arnold F. Marshall J.E. Marshall, Jr. C.E. Reid, Jr. Will R. Simpson John S. Simpson Robert F. Simpson Thomas Brown Snodgrass, Jr. John M. Spratt Marshal E. Walker Hugh M. White, Jr. John M. Belk Jane Nisbet Goode R.N. Bencher W.O. Nisbet, III Pauline B. Gunter J. Max Minson W.A. McCorkle Mary McCorkle William O. Nisbet Eugenia Nisbet White Mary Nisbet Purvis E.N. Martin Robert M. Yoder
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No. 439242
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina, Also Known as the Catawba Nation of South Carolina v. State of South Carolina, Richard W. Riley, as Governor of the State of South Carolina County of Lancaster, and Its County Council Consisting of Francis L. Bell as Chairman, Fred E. Plyler, Eldridge Emory, Robert L. Mobley, Barry L. Mobley, L. Eugene Hudson, Lindsay Pettus City of Rock Hill, J. Emmett Jerome, as Mayor, and Its City Council Consisting of Melford A. Wilson, Elizabeth D. Rhea, Maxine Gill, Winston Searles, A. Douglas Echols, Frank W. Berry, Sr. Bowater North American Corporation Catawba Timber Co. Celanese Corporation of America Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carolina Cresent Land & Timber Corp. Duke Power Company Flint Realty and Construction Company Herald Publishing Company Home Federal Savings and Loan Association Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Company Roddey Estates, Inc. Southern Railway Company Springs Mills Inc. J.P. Stevens & Company Tega Cay Associates Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Ashe Brick Company Church Heritage Village & Missionary Fellowship Nisbet Farms, Inc. C.H. Albright Ned Albright J.W. Anderson, Jr. John Marshall Wilkins, II Jesse G. Anderson John Wesley Anderson David Goode Anderson W.B. Ardrey, Jr. Eliza Beth Ardrey Grimball John W. Ardrey, Ardrey Farms F.S. Barnes, Jr. W. Watson Barron Wilson Barron Archie B. Carroll, Jr. Hugh William Close James Bradley Francis Lay Springs Lillian Crandel Close Francis Allison Close Leroy Springs Close Patricia Close William Elliot Close Hugh William Close, Jr. Robert A. Fewell W.J. Harris Annie F. Harris T.W. Hutchinson Hiram Hutchinson, Jr. J.R. McAlhaney F.M. MacK Jr. Arnold F. Marshall J.E. Marshall, Jr. C.E. Reid, Jr. Will R. Simpson John S. Simpson Robert F. Simpson Thomas Brown Snodgrass, Jr. John M. Spratt Marshal E. Walker Hugh M. White, Jr. John M. Belk Jane Nisbet Goode R.N. Bencher W.O. Nisbet, III Pauline B. Gunter J. Max Minson W.A. McCorkle Mary McCorkle William O. Nisbet Eugenia Nisbet White Mary Nisbet Purvis E.N. Martin Robert M. Yoder
No. 439242 · Decided August 17, 1984
No. 439242·Fourth Circuit · 1984·
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
August 17, 1984
Citation
No. 439242
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Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina, Also Known as the Catawba Nation of South Carolina v. State of South Carolina, Richard W. Riley, as Governor of the State of South Carolina County of Lancaster, and Its County Council Consisting of Francis L. Bell as Chairman, Fred E. Plyler, Eldridge Emory, Robert L. Mobley, Barry L. Mobley, L. Eugene Hudson, Lindsay Pettus City of Rock Hill, J. Emmett Jerome, as Mayor, and Its City Council Consisting of Melford A. Wilson, Elizabeth D. Rhea, Maxine Gill, Winston Searles, A. Douglas Echols, Frank W. Berry, Sr. Bowater North American Corporation Catawba Timber Co. Celanese Corporation of America Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carolina Cresent Land & Timber Corp. Duke Power Company Flint Realty and Construction Company Herald Publishing Company Home Federal Savings and Loan Association Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Company Roddey Estates, Inc. Southern Railway Company Springs Mills Inc. J.P. Stevens & Company Tega Cay Associates Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Ashe Brick Company Church Heritage Village & Missionary Fellowship Nisbet Farms, Inc. C.H. Albright Ned Albright J.W. Anderson, Jr. John Marshall Wilkins, II Jesse G. Anderson John Wesley Anderson David Goode Anderson W.B. Ardrey, Jr. Eliza Beth Ardrey Grimball John W. Ardrey, Ardrey Farms F.S. Barnes, Jr. W. Watson Barron Wilson Barron Archie B. Carroll, Jr. Hugh William Close James Bradley Francis Lay Springs Lillian Crandel Close Francis Allison Close Leroy Springs Close Patricia Close William Elliot Close Hugh William Close, Jr. Robert A. Fewell W.J. Harris Annie F. Harris T.W. Hutchinson Hiram Hutchinson, Jr. J.R. McAlhaney F.M. MacK Jr. Arnold F. Marshall J.E. Marshall, Jr. C.E. Reid, Jr. Will R. Simpson John S. Simpson Robert F. Simpson Thomas Brown Snodgrass, Jr. John M. Spratt Marshal E. Walker Hugh M. White, Jr. John M. Belk Jane Nisbet Goode R.N. Bencher W.O. Nisbet, III Pauline B. Gunter J. Max Minson W.A. McCorkle Mary McCorkle William O. Nisbet Eugenia Nisbet White Mary Nisbet Purvis E.N. Martin Robert M. Yoder is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina, Also Known as the Catawba Nation of South Carolina v. State of South Carolina, Richard W. Riley, as Governor of the State of South Carolina County of Lancaster, and Its County Council Consisting of Francis L. Bell as Chairman, Fred E. Plyler, Eldridge Emory, Robert L. Mobley, Barry L. Mobley, L. Eugene Hudson, Lindsay Pettus City of Rock Hill, J. Emmett Jerome, as Mayor, and Its City Council Consisting of Melford A. Wilson, Elizabeth D. Rhea, Maxine Gill, Winston Searles, A. Douglas Echols, Frank W. Berry, Sr. Bowater North American Corporation Catawba Timber Co. Celanese Corporation of America Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carolina Cresent Land & Timber Corp. Duke Power Company Flint Realty and Construction Company Herald Publishing Company Home Federal Savings and Loan Association Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Company Roddey Estates, Inc. Southern Railway Company Springs Mills Inc. J.P. Stevens & Company Tega Cay Associates Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Ashe Brick Company Church Heritage Village & Missionary Fellowship Nisbet Farms, Inc. C.H. Albright Ned Albright J.W. Anderson, Jr. John Marshall Wilkins, II Jesse G. Anderson John Wesley Anderson David Goode Anderson W.B. Ardrey, Jr. Eliza Beth Ardrey Grimball John W. Ardrey, Ardrey Farms F.S. Barnes, Jr. W. Watson Barron Wilson Barron Archie B. Carroll, Jr. Hugh William Close James Bradley Francis Lay Springs Lillian Crandel Close Francis Allison Close Leroy Springs Close Patricia Close William Elliot Close Hugh William Close, Jr. Robert A. Fewell W.J. Harris Annie F. Harris T.W. Hutchinson Hiram Hutchinson, Jr. J.R. McAlhaney F.M. MacK Jr. Arnold F. Marshall J.E. Marshall, Jr. C.E. Reid, Jr. Will R. Simpson John S. Simpson Robert F. Simpson Thomas Brown Snodgrass, Jr. John M. Spratt Marshal E. Walker Hugh M. White, Jr. John M. Belk Jane Nisbet Goode R.N. Bencher W.O. Nisbet, III Pauline B. Gunter J. Max Minson W.A. McCorkle Mary McCorkle William O. Nisbet Eugenia Nisbet White Mary Nisbet Purvis E.N. Martin Robert M. Yoder in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on August 17, 1984.
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