RAMAH NAVAJO SCHOOL BD., INC. v. BABBITT

Nos. 95-5334, 95-5348.

87 F.3d 1338 (1996)

RAMAH NAVAJO SCHOOL BOARD, INC., et al., Appellants, v. Bruce BABBITT, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior and Ada E. Deer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1996.

As Amended August 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd B. Miller, Anchorage, AK, argued the cause, for appellants, with whom James E. Glaze, Anchorage, AK, Reid P. Chambers, Washington, DC, and Richard A. Poulin, Anchorage, AK, were on the briefs.

Joan M. Pepin, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, argued the cause, for appellees, with whom Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, and Edward J. Shawaker, Attorney, were on the brief.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, WALD and SILBERMAN, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

WALD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc. ("Ramah") and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians ("Puyallup") have challenged a plan initiated by the Secretary of the Interior for disbursing fiscal year 1995 contract support funds appropriated by Congress for distribution to Native American Tribes as required by the Indian Self-Determination...

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