( February 9, 2026, 8:02 AM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — In a long-running dispute between individuals with ownership interests in Indian trust lands and a pipeline company that operates on those lands, an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled in favor of the pipeline company, finding that the interest holders’ claims for trespass, breach of contract and unjust enrichment fail because no legal ruling gives the interest holders the “equitable possessory interest” to tribal lands held in trust such that they have an individual cause of action for trespass under federal common law; however, the panel remanded the case on the issue of whether it can be consolidated with a similar case that is pending....