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VIZENOR v. BABBITT

Civil Nos. 6-95-230, 5-95-256.

927 F.Supp. 1193 (1996)

Erma J. VIZENOR, Joseph B. LaGarde, Larry Cloud-Morgan, John L. Sullivan, Raymond J. Bellecourt, Gary E. Blair, and Marvin J. Manypenny, individually, and as Enrollees of the White Earth Indian Reservation, and all other members of the White Earth Indian Reservation similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Bruce BABBITT, Secretary of the Interior; Ada Deer, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs; and Denise Homer, Acting Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Minnesota Office, Defendants. Roxanne LaROSE and Kenneth L. Mitchell individually, and as Enrollees of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, and all other members of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Bruce BABBITT, Secretary of the Interior; Ada Deer, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs; and Denise Homer, Acting Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Minnesota Office, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fifth and Sixth Divisions.

April 9, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zenas Baer, Zenas Baer & Associates, Hawley, Minnesota, Miles W. Lord, Miles W. Lord & Associates, Chanhassen, Minnesota, and Wayne Faris, Faris & Faris, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Plaintiffs in Civ. No. 6-95-230.

Roxanne LaRose, pro se, Cass Lake, Minnesota, and Kenneth L. Mitchell, pro se, Cass Lake, Minnesota, for Plaintiffs in Civ. No. 5-95-256.

Robert M. Small, Assistant United States Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Marcia Kimball, Office of the Field Solicitor, Department of the Interior, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, of counsel, for Defendants in both actions.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KYLE, District Judge.

Introduction

Plaintiffs have filed two separate Complaints requesting that this Court order Defendants to appoint an independent trustee to oversee the operations of the White Earth and Leech Lake Bands of Chippewa Indians, with the authority to recapture all monies obtained unlawfully by members of their respective Reservation Business Committees, and the power to supervise the Bands' business...

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