IRON v. KNOWLES

Civ. Nos. 259, 263, 272.

234 F.Supp. 327 (1964)

Wallace IRON et al., Plaintiffs, v. Gladys E. KNOWLES, Defendant. Theodore BEAR CLOUD et al., Plaintiffs, v. SOAP CREEK CATTLE COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant. Arthur R. GARRIGUS et al., Plaintiffs, v. RESERVATION RANCHERS & FARMERS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, Inc., a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Montana, Billings Division.

September 24, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harlow Pease, c/o Jones & Olsen, Billings, Mont., for plaintiffs.

Bruce R. Toole, Lamey Crowley, Kilbourne, Haughey & Hanson, Billings, Mont., for defendants Knowles & Soap Creek.

J. F. Meglen, Billings, Mont., for defendant Reservation Ranchers.


EAST, District Judge.

In these three consolidated class actions,1 all of the plaintiffs, actual and represented, are "competent" Crow Indians,2 and seek to recover that portion of a liquidated-damage assessment which was refunded at the direction of Fred H. Massey, the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Bureau) to the defendants in the actions, respectively. The Court has jurisdiction...

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