LEE v. UNITED STATES

No. 86-3651.

809 F.2d 1406 (1987)

James W. LEE; Ralph A. Eklund; Cora Carr; Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America; Secretary of the Interior; Director, Bureau of Land Management; Eklutna, Inc.; Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1987.

As Amended April 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Oliver, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellants.

David P. Wolf and Diane Smith, Anchorage, Alaska, and Edward J. Shawaker, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before EUGENE A. WRIGHT, JEROME FARRIS and ROBERT R. BEEZER, Circuit Judges.


FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

Lee, Eklund, and Carr assert a variety of claims against the United States and two Alaska Native corporations. All of their claims are based on the contention that in 1979 the Secretary of Interior conveyed lands that rightfully belonged to them to the Native corporations. On a motion for summary judgment, the district court dismissed their claims against the United States, and all but one of their claims against the Native corporations, for...

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