JONES v. UNITED STATES

Appeal No. 86-897.

801 F.2d 1334 (1986)

Vera Rogers JONES, the Estate of Ada Rogers Graham, and the Estate of Hattie Davis Rogers, Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Dauphinais, of the Native American Rights Fund, Washington, D.C., argued for appellants.

J. Carol Williams, attorney for the Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued for appellee. With her on brief were F. Henry Habicht, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Patricia L. Weiss and David C. Shilton, attorneys, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Before RICH, BALDWIN and BISSELL, Circuit Judges.


BISSELL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Vera Rogers Jones, the Estate of Ada Rogers Graham, and the Estate of Hattie Davis Rogers (collectively Jones), appeal from the judgment of the United States Claims Court, 9 Cl.Ct. 292 (1985), granting the motion of the defendant, the United States of America, to dismiss. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Jones is the successor in interest to certain property in Nez Perce County, Idaho, held by the United States as trustee...

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