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MOAPA BAND OF PAIUTE IND. v. U.S. DEPT. OF INTER.

No. 84-1593.

747 F.2d 563 (1984)

MOAPA BAND OF PAIUTE INDIANS, a chartered Indian tribe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, an agency of the government of the United States, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Monsey, Rogers, Monsey, Woodbury, Phillips, Perry & Berggreen, Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiff-appellant.

Maria A. Iizuka, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before GOODWIN, POOLE and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.

BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

The Secretary of Interior rescinded a tribal ordinance of the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians (Moapa) which would have permitted houses of prostitution on the Moapa Reservation in Clark County, Nevada. The district court upheld the Secretary's action and Moapa appealed. We conclude that the Secretary did not abuse his discretion in rescinding the ordinance.

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