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U.S. v. YAKIMA TRIBAL CT.

No. 85-3927.

806 F.2d 853 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. YAKIMA TRIBAL COURT of the Yakima Indian Nation and David Ward, Tribal Judge, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted March 7, 1986.

Decided July 21, 1986.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing December 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen P. Dewey, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

James B. Hovis, Hovis, Cockril, Weaver & Bjur, Yakima, Wash., for defendants-appellants.

Before WRIGHT and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and LEGGE, District Judge.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc December 4, 1986.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from the efforts of two Yakima Indian sisters to prevent federal officials from relocating an irrigation canal on their land. They won a permanent restraining order in tribal court. The United States sued in district court to void the order on the ground that the tribal court lacked jurisdiction to enjoin federal officials from performing...

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