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NEVADA v. U.S.

No. CV-N-01-058-ECR-RAM.

221 F.Supp.2d 1241 (2002)

State of NEVADA, Plaintiff, v. The UNITED STATES of America; Department of the Treasury; Paul H. O'Neil, Secretary of the Treasury; Department of the Interior; Gail Norton, Secretary of the Interior; United States Bureau of Indian Affairs; Neal McCaleb, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs; Robert Hunter, Superintendent, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western Nevada Agency; Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribes; Fallon Paiute Shoshone Business Council; Fox Peak Economic Development Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nevada.

September 6, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronda Moore, Paul Taggart, Nevada Attorney General's Office, Carson City, NV, for State of Nevada.

Steven H. Chestnut, Marc D. Slonim, Ziontz, Chestnut, Varnell, Berley & Slonim, Seattle, WA, Gordon Depaoli, Woodburn & Wedge, Reno, NV, for Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribes.

Steven H. Chestnut and Marc D. Slonim, Ziontz, Chestnut, Varnell, Berley & Slonim, Seattle, WA, Gordon Depaoli, Woodburn & Wedge, Reno, NV, for Fox Peak Economic Development Corporation.

Brian Morris, Reno, Gail Norton, Paul H. O'Neill, Lenora Rogers, Marcelle Rusk, Rulan Stands, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Steven H. Chestnut, Ziontz, Chestnut, Varnell, Berley & Slonim, Seattle, WA, Gordon Depaoli, Woodburn & Wedge, Reno, NV, for Donna Cossette, Barbara Culbertson, Susan Willie, Valerie Henry, Robert Hunter, Marie Loper, Rosanna Marrujo, James H. McDivitt and Alvin Moyle.

Anne Traum, Federal Public Defender's Office-LV, Los Vegas, NV, for U.S. Interior Department and U.S. Treasury Department.

ORDER

EDWARD C. REED, Jr., District Judge.

BACKGROUND

This case presents a challenge to P.L. 101-618 by the State of Nevada. Congress enacted P.L. 101-618 in 1990 to settle the claims of the Fallon-Paiute Shoshone Indians for failure to carry out various obligations concerning land and water allotments. S. Rep. 101-555, 104 Stat.3289 (1990). The following explanation is taken from that legislative history.

The 1887 General Allotment...

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