BLUE LEGS v. U.S.E.P.A.

No. Civ. 85-5097.

732 F.Supp. 81 (1990)

Taylor Wallace BLUE LEGS, Executor of the Estate of Mattie Blue Legs, deceased; and Margaret Jenkins, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; Lee M. Thomas, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; United States Bureau of Indian Affairs; United States Indian Health Service; and the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, W.D.

February 5, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krista H. Clark, Dakota Plains Legal Services, Mission, S.D., for plaintiffs.

Thorton Withers Field, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Land and Natural Resources Div., Gen. Litigation Section, Washington, D.C., for the government defendants.

Marvin Amiotte, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge, S.D., for defendant Oglala Sioux Tribe.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BATTEY, District Judge.

NATURE AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

At the status hearing conducted by this Court on September 28, 1989, the Court heard oral presentations by counsel representing the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the Indian Health Service (IHS) (the federal defendants), and the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST). The record of the proceedings reflect the concerns of all parties and the Court. At the conclusion of the status...

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