JAMES v. BELLOTTI

No. 83-1878.

733 F.2d 989 (1984)

Frank B. JAMES, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Francis X. BELLOTTI, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Hahn, Boston, Mass., with whom Robert C. Hahn, and Hahn & Matkov, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellants.

Paul R. Matthews, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Thomas R. Kiley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert J. Muldoon, Jr., and Sherin & Lodgen, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellees.

Before BOWNES, ALDRICH and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This is the fourth action in which appellants have appealed adverse determinations from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in connection with the Gay Head Indian land claims. The underlying litigation began in 1974, when the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc. (Tribal Council) filed suit against the Town of Gay Head and its selectmen, asserting land claims of the Gay Head Indians on federal constitutional...

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