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UNITED STATES v. BANKS

No. CR73-5034, etc.

368 F.Supp. 1245 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Dennis BANKS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, W. D.

December 17, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Clayton, Sioux Falls, S. D., R. D. Hurd, Sioux Falls, S. D., David R. Gienapp, Sioux Falls, S. D., Ronald W. Banks, Rapid City, S. D. and Carleton R. Hoy, Sioux Falls, S. D., appeared in behalf of the plaintiff.

Mark L. Amsterdam, William M. Kunstler, Mark Lane, New York City, Kenneth E. Tilsen, St. Paul, Minn., Joseph Beeler, Chicago, Ill. and Douglas Hall, Minneapolis, Minn., appeared in behalf of the defendants.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

NICHOL, Chief Judge.

These cases involve the occupation-siege of the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, which took place over a seventy-one day period in the early spring of 1973. The Federal Government brought two indictments against Russell Means and Dennis Banks, whose cases have been consolidated for trial. Having benefitted from the briefing expertise of counsel for both sides, having

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