Is Bank Branch On Reservation? Courts Won't Decide

Northwestern Financial Review › August 03, 2009

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The First National Bank of Milaca (MN) operates a branch that may - or may not - be located on an Indian reservation. Pete Allen, ceo of the bank, thought it was a matter for the courts to decide, but the US Supreme Court disagreed. In November 2004 the court declined to hear a case on the question, leaving the boundaries of the reservation for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians ambiguous.

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Is Bank Branch On Reservation? Courts Won't Decide

The First National Bank of Milaca, Minn., operates a branch that may - or may not - be located on an Indian reservation. Pete Allen, chairman, president and CEO of the bank, thought it was a matter for the courts to decide but the U.S. Supreme Court disagreed. Last November, the court declined to hear a case on the q...

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