COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES v. TOWN OF PARKER

No. CIV-83-2359-PHX-R6S.

705 F.Supp. 473 (1989)

COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES, an Indian Tribe, Plaintiff, v. TOWN OF PARKER, a Municipal Corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

January 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Barsh, Alletta D'a Belin, Santa Fe, N.M., for plaintiff.

John B. Weldon, Jr., Stephen E. Crofton, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, Ariz., and Gerald W. Hunt, Hunt, Stanley, Hossler & Moore, Yuma, Ariz., for defendants.

William White, Washington, D.C., James Loss, Phoenix, Ariz., for amicus curiae U.S.


ORDER

STRAND, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this action, plaintiff Colorado River Indian Tribes ("CRIT" or the "Tribes") challenges the legal authority of the Town of Parker ("Parker") to regulate building activities on lands within the town that are owned by the Tribes and held in trust for them by the United States. Parker asserts that it possesses authority under state law to enforce its building laws on these lands because Parker was disestablished...

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