ROLLING CLOUD v. GILL

Civ. No. H-75-65.

412 F.Supp. 1085 (1976)

ROLLING CLOUD, a/k/a John Hamilton, and Wounded Wolf, a/k/a Rowland Bishop, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Necia W. Hopkins, Intervenor, v. Joseph N. GILL, as Commissioner of Environmental Protection of the State of Connecticut, et al., Defendants, Virginia Damon et al., Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

April 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome M. Griner, Hartford, Conn., for plaintiffs and intervening plaintiff Hopkins.

Donald M. Longley and Brian E. O'Neill, Asst. Attys. Gen., Hartford, Conn., (Carl R. Ajello, Atty. Gen. of Conn., Hartford, Conn. of counsel), for defendants.

William R. Breetz, Hartford, Conn., and David C. Crosby, Thomas N. Tureen and Barry A. Margolin, Calais, Maine, for intervenors Damon, et al.

Before SMITH, Circuit Judge, and CLARIE and BLUMENFELD, District Judges.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs in the instant action seek to overturn Connecticut's recently adopted statutory scheme for the conduct of the state's Indian-related activities, Conn.Gen. Stat.Ann. § 47-59a et seq. (Chapter 824). In particular, plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, 2202 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on the ground that this state legislation deprives...

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