AZURE v. MORTON

No. 74-2211.

514 F.2d 897 (1975)

Mona Bell AZURE, a/k/a Helen Marie Bell Azure, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Rogers C. B. MORTON, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen R. Goodsell, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (argued), for defendants-appellants.

Donald C. Robinson, Butte, Mont., and Don H. Marmaduke (argued), Portland, Or., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WRIGHT and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and EAST, District Judge.


OPINION

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves claims of a group of Indians of the Fort Belknap Indian Community of Montana to participate in the distribution of funds appropriated by Congress in payment of a judgment by the Indian Claims Commission. The district court granted summary judgment for the plaintiffs, thereby reversing a contrary determination by the Secretary of the Interior. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

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