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SIMMONS v. EAGLE SEELATSEE

Civ. No. 2021.

244 F.Supp. 808 (1965)

Joseph SIMMONS, Jr., David Simmons, Clarence Tougaw and Viola Tougaw, and those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Chief EAGLE SEELATSEE, individually and as Chairman of the Yakima Tribal Council, and the Yakima Tribal Council of the Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakima Nation, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Washington, S. D.

August 26, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Paul, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff.

James B. Hovis, Yakima, Wash., for defendant.

Before POPE, Circuit Judge, and JAMESON and POWELL, District Judges.

POPE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs here brought this action by filing a complaint against the Yakima Tribal Council above named and the Chairman thereof. The complaint alleges that plaintiffs are the children and grandchildren of one Joseph Simmons, Sr., who is a member of the Yakima Indian Nation and an enrolled member of the tribe who died May 2, 1960, owning certain interests in Yakima Indian Allotments on the Yakima...

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