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CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES v. VULLES

No. 23398.

437 F.2d 177 (1971)

CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF the FLATHEAD RESERVATION, Appellants, v. Mike VULLES and Vladimir Vulles, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 28, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Baenen (argued), of Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Eugene H. Mahoney (argued), Thompson Falls, Mont., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, MERRILL and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges.

HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:

This battle between the Indians and the white settlers began in 1964 when the settlers padlocked a gate across a road, traversing the settlers' property, that the Indians used to reach their tribal lands, and the Indians responded by shooting off the locks. The Indians are members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation ("Tribes"), appellants; and the settlers...

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