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CITY OF TACOMA, WASH. v. ANDRUS

Civ. A. No. 77-1423.

457 F.Supp. 342 (1978)

CITY OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Cecil D. ANDRUS et al., Defendants, The Puyallup Tribe of Indians et al., Intervening Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tobin & Covey, Washington, D. C., for City of Tacoma, Wash.

Michael Breeskin, David Albert Mustone, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

James J. Clear, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for federal defendants.

Stuart F. Pierson, Harry R. Sachse, William H. Rodgers, Jr., Ann K. H. Simon, for intervening defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GESELL, District Judge.

Section 5 of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, "in his discretion," to acquire land or any interest therein "for the purpose of providing land to Indians." 25 U.S.C. § 465 (1970). This case involves a dispute over the proper interpretation of this increasingly important but rarely litigated federal statute. The dispute arose when the Secretary, acting through an...

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