JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. MORTON

No. 72-1634.

471 F.2d 1275 (1973)

The JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE OF INDIANS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rogers C. B. MORTON, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Berlin (argued), of Berlin, Roisman & Kessler, Washington, D. C., Bruce R. Greene (argued), of California Indian Legal Services, Berkeley, Cal., Robert S. Pelcyger, of Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colo., John Flynn, Thomas Galbraith, of Flynn, Kimerer, Thinnes & Galbraith, Mark I. Harrison, Robert D. Myers, of Harrison, Myers & Singer, Phoenix, Ariz., James W. Moorman, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Carl Strass, Atty. (argued), Edmund B. Clark, Atty., Kent Frizzell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Rex E. Lee (argued), of Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, William C. Smitherman, U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., Ralph Guy Wesson, Asst. City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., James W. McDade, Washington, D. C., Carson, Messinger, Elliott, Laughlin & Ragan, Phoenix, Ariz., Brian J. McManus, of Reid & Priest, Washington, D. C., John J. Bouma, of Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix. Ariz., Rhyne & Rhyne, Washington, D. C., Holesapple, Conner, Jones, McFall & Johnson, Tucson, Ariz., Kemp, Smith, White, Duncan & Hammond, El Paso, Tex., Marvin J. Bertoch, of Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, Baucom, Gordon & Porter, Salt Lake City, Utah, Marvin O. Young, St. Louis, Mo., Keleher & McLeod, Albuquerque, N. M., Best, Best & Krieger, Riverside, Cal., Northcutt Ely, Washington, D. C., Cal., Northcutt Ely, Washington, D. C., Chickering & Gregory, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before BARNES and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and RENFREW, District Judge.


RENFREW, District Judge:

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