RINCON BAND OF MISSION INDIANS v. CALIFANO

No. C-74-0959.

464 F.Supp. 934 (1979)

RINCON BAND OF MISSION INDIANS et al., Plaintiffs, v. Joseph A. CALIFANO, Jr., et al., Defendants. The PEOPLE OF the STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. Obledo, et al., Plaintiffs in Intervention, v. Joseph A. CALIFANO, Jr., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

February 14, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara E. Karshmer, Art Bunce, George Forman, Bruce Friedman, California Indian Legal Services, Escondido, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Evelle J. Younger, Atty. Gen., Thomas E. Warriner, Richard M. Skinner, Deputy Attys. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiffs in intervention state of California.

G. William Hunter, U. S. Atty., David E. Golay, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants.


AMENDED MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

RENFREW, District Judge.

This is a class action brought by certain Native American Indians residing in the State of California who seek to challenge defendants' allegedly discriminatory and illegal distribution of federal funds for Indian health services.1 Plaintiffs contend that the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) have, for no rational reason...

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