EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS v. GRIFFIN

B-C-80-204.

502 F.Supp. 924 (1980)

EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS, Plaintiff, v. Gladys GRIFFIN, Muriel Maney, James T. Beck, Wilson Rattler, Nell Rattler, Oliver Smith, Richard Byrd, Ross Arch, Quentin Beck, John Henry Queen, Henry Gremo, Larry Lambert, Freida Farris, Ronald Arch, Cabe Lambert, Sara Beck and Melton Smith, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. North Carolina, Bryson City Division.

September 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Oshel Bridgers, Holt, Haire & Bridgers, Sylva, N. C., for plaintiff.

Herbert L. Hyde and G. Edison Hill, Asheville, N. C., for Gladys Griffin, Sara Beck, James T. Beck and Muriel Maney.


WOODROW WILSON JONES, Chief Judge.

This civil action was filed by the Plaintiff, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, seeking injunctive relief enjoining the Defendants from remaining in possession of the lands included in a right of way or easement granted to the North Carolina Department of Transportation by the Plaintiff and the trustee, the United States for the construction of a highway upon the Reservation. The Plaintiff contends that the Defendants' failure to...

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