PINKHAM v. LEWISTON ORCHARDS IRR. DIST.

No. 87-3703.

862 F.2d 184 (1988)

Albert PINKHAM, Sr.; Cyrus Wilkinson; Connie Allen Moore; Francis Allen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LEWISTON ORCHARDS IRRIGATION DISTRICT, and United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Linda Pearson, Lewiston, Idaho, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert D. Lewis, Cantrill, Skinner, Sullivan & King, Boise, Idaho, for defendants-appellees.

Before BEEZER, HALL and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.


BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

Albert Pinkham and other Indian plaintiffs appeal the district court's dismissal of their action against Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1353. We affirm.

FACTS

Plaintiffs are enrolled members of the Nez Perce Tribe of Indians and beneficial owners of an undivided share of allotted land held in trust by the United States on the Nez Perce Indian...

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