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NATIVE VILLAGE OF STEVENS v. SMITH

No. 84-4431.

770 F.2d 1486 (1985)

NATIVE VILLAGE OF STEVENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert SMITH, in his official capacity as the Commissioner of Health and Social Services, William Sheffield, in his official capacity as the Governor of the State of Alaska, and the State of Alaska, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Walleri, Fairbanks, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellant.

D. Rebecca Snow, Fairbanks, Alaska, for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and POOLE and HALL, Circuit Judges.

POOLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Native Village of Stevens (Stevens) sued the Governor of Alaska, the Alaska Commissioner of Health and Social Services and the State of Alaska after Alaska refused to pay foster care maintenance for a child belonging to Stevens. Stevens sought a declaratory judgment that tribally approved foster homes are equivalent to State licensed foster homes for purposes of receiving funds from federally assisted foster care programs, and that...

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