ORGANIZED VILLAGE OF KAKE v. EGAN

Civ. A. Nos. 8063-A, 8064-A, 8066-A.

174 F.Supp. 500 (1959)

ORGANIZED VILLAGE OF KAKE, Plaintiff, v. William A. EGAN, Governor of the State of Alaska, Defendant. ANGOON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v. William A. EGAN, Governor of the State of Alaska, Defendant. METLAKATLA INDIAN COMMUNITY, ANNETTE ISLANDS RESERVE, a federally chartered corporation, Plaintiff, v. William A. EGAN, Governor of the State of Alaska, and The State of Alaska, Defendants.

United States District Court D. Alaska, First Division, Juneau.

July 1, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. L. Jernberg, of Gore & Jernberg, Ketchikan, Alaska, and C. L. Cloudy, of Ziegler, Ziegler & Cloudy, Ketchikan, Alaska, for plaintiffs Village of Kake and Angoon Community Assn.

Robert H. Ziegler, Sr., and A. H. Ziegler, of Ziegler, Ziegler & Cloudy, Ketchikan, Alaska, for plaintiff Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Islands Reserve.

John L. Rader, Atty. Gen. of Alaska, James M. Fitzgerald, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., and Douglas L. Gregg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for all defendants.


KELLY, District Judge.

The first two captioned cases were consolidated for trial, and the third was heard the following day. Because of the similarity of the actions, the three cases are consolidated for the purpose of this opinion.

The urgency of this matter makes immediate determination imperative. It would, of course, be desirable if my decision could be based on a written opinion as complete as the able briefs of counsel for both parties filed herein,...

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