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But the charges against Khodorkovsky are as flimsy as they are tendentious: the privatization case had been amicably settled previously, and Khodorkovsky has merely used tax avoidance schemes that are commonplace in Russia--and that have been upheld in court.

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1980: The longest-running court case in US history, the Sioux Nation versus the United States, was ruled upon by the US Supreme Court.

The court determined that when the Sioux were resettled onto reservations and seven million acres of their land were opened up to prospectors and homesteaders, the terms of the second Fort Laramie Treaty had been violated.

The court stated that the Black Hills were illegally taken, and that the initial offering price, plus interest, should be paid to the Sioux Nation.

As payment for the Black Hills, the court awarded only 106 million dollars to the Sioux Nation.

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