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POTTS v. BRUCE

No. 75-1127.

533 F.2d 527 (1976)

Nelson POTTS, Appellant, v. Louis R. BRUCE, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm E. Wheeler, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, Los Angeles, Cal. (Louise A. Wheeler, Los Angeles, Cal., with him on the Brief), for appellant.

Glen R. Goodsell, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Carl Strass, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with him on the Brief), for appellees.

Before LEWIS, Chief Judge, and SETH and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

SETH, Circuit Judge.

The appellant Potts and two others filed this action asserting that their constitutional rights had been violated, and challenged on other grounds the action of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in withdrawing approval of the Constitution and of the Business Committee of the Prairie Band of Pottawatomi Indians. The plaintiffs were members of the Committee when the action was taken at the request of a majority of the members of the Committee....

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