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LITTELL v. NAKAI

No. 19296.

344 F.2d 486 (1965)

Norman M. LITTELL, Appellant, v. Raymond NAKAI, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Bernays Wiener, John F. Doyle, Washington, D. C., William H. Rehnquist, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellant.

Harold E. Mott, E. Tillman Stirling, Welch, Mott & Morgan, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Ramsey Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger P. Marquis, Atty. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Charles A. Muecke, U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., amici curiæ, U. S. A.

Before JERTBERG, KOELSCH and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.

KOELSCH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves a question of the jurisdiction of the United States District Court over a suit brought by a non Indian against a member of the Navajo Tribe of Indians.

Norman M. Littell, the plaintiff-appellant, is the General Counsel and Claims Attorney of the Navajo Tribe; he has held that position for over 16 years, and his present retainer, evidenced by a written contract duly approved by the Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner...

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