BENALLY v. HODEL

No. 88-15244.

913 F.2d 1464 (1990)

June R. BENALLY; Theodore Bedonie; Billy C. Adeki; Mary Yesslith; Harvey Begay; Mae Horseson; Mary Jane Chissie; Catherine Joe, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Donald P. HODEL; Ross O. Swimmer, in his individual capacity and as Assistant Secretary Indian Affairs, United States Department of Interior; Daniel L. Jackson, in his individual capacity and as Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary Indian Affairs, United States Department of Interior; Navajo and Hopi Relocation Commission, an independent executive agency of the United States; Ralph A. Watkins, Jr., in his individual capacity and as Chairman of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission; Hawley Atkinson, in his individual capacity and as Commissioner of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission; Sandra Massetto, in her individual capacity and as Commissioner of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen A. Tuddenham and David L. Nash, Navajo-Hopi Legal Services Program, Tuba City, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael P. Healy, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before TANG, HALL and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.


CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, individual members of the Navajo Tribe, timely appeal from the district court's order dismissing their first amended complaint on the ground that they lack standing. We affirm.

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In their amended complaint, appellants allege that the Secretary of the Interior, other agents of the Department of the Interior, and the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Commission ("the...

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