RED LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-5733.

800 F.2d 1187 (1986)

RED LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS, et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry R. Sachse, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Michael J. Ryan, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth, and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief for appellee.

Before EDWARDS and BORK, Circuit Judges, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BORK.

BORK, Circuit Judge:

Some 4500 members of the Chippewa tribe live on the Red Lake Reservation located in northwest Minnesota. The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians and three of its members filed this lawsuit against the United States government, seeking compensation under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680 (1982), for property damage arising out of the events of May 19,...

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