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SAMPSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 75-1883.

533 F.2d 499 (1976)

Martin J. SAMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm S. McLeod (argued), Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellant.

Carl Strass, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before WALLACE and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and BOHANON, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 26, 1976.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This suit was brought to compel an Indian land allotment. 25 U.S.C. § 345; 28 U.S.C. § 1353. The district court granted judgment for the defendant United States, and we affirm.

Procedural Background

Plaintiff Sampson is a Swinomish-Skagit Indian. Under the Treaty of Point Elliott, Jan. 22, 1855, 12 Stat. 927, and the General Allotment Act of...

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