Opinion ID: 741730
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Heading: Ute Indian Tribe II: The 1983 Court of Appeals Panel Decision

Text: 18 In a two-judge majority opinion, a panel of this court affirmed the district court opinion in part and reversed in part. Ute Indian Tribe v. Utah, 716 F.2d 1298 (10th Cir.1983) (hereinafter Ute Indian Tribe II ). The panel held that none of the lands in question remained within the original reservation boundaries. 19 The panel agreed with the district court that the 1902 Act's language restoring the unallotted lands to the public domain was sufficient to diminish the Uintah Valley Reservation. Id. at 1308-09. Unlike the district court, however, the panel concluded that the 1905 Act did not supersede Congress's intent to diminish the Reservation under the 1902 Act. Id. at 1311. Thus, the panel held that the 1902-1905 allotment legislation had diminished the Uintah Valley Reservation. Id. at 1311-12. 20 The panel agreed with the district court's conclusions regarding the National Forest Lands and the Uncompahgre Reservation. The panel concluded that Congress intended to withdraw the National Forest Lands, id. at 1314, and the Uncompahgre Reservation, id. at 1307, from their original reservation status. 21