SPAETH v. UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF INTERIOR

Nos. 84-5039, 84-5054.

757 F.2d 937 (1985)

Sylvester H. SPAETH and Altha K. Spaeth, Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF the INTERIOR, The United States of America, Norman Danielson and Wallace Danielson, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas J. Spaeth, Fargo, N.D., for appellants.

Kathleen P. Dewey, Washington, D.C., and James D. Sinclair, Detroit Lakes, Minn., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 22, 1985.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Sylvester and Altha Spaeth brought this action against the United States and Norman and Wallace Danielson, seeking a declaratory judgment that the United States's claims of title to certain tracts of the Spaeths' farm, on behalf of unknown heirs of past Indian owners of the land, are without merit. Against the Danielsons, the Spaeths sought damages for raising an allegedly invalid...

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