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CHEROKEE NATION OF OKLAHOMA v. NORTON

No. 98-CV-903-H.

241 F.Supp.2d 1374 (2002)

CHEROKEE NATION OF OKLAHOMA, on behalf of all its members, Plaintiff, v. Gale NORTON, in her official capacity as Secretary of Interior of the United States Department of Interior; Neal McCaleb, in his capacity as Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior; and the Delaware Tribe of Indians, as an indispensable party pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Oklahoma.

July 23, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian Kroh Fite, David Alan Mullon, Jr., Janice Walters Purcell, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Division of Law & Justice, Tahlequah, OK, F. Browning Pipestem, Dena LaMoyne Silliman, F. Browning Pipestem & Associates, Norman, OK, James Hamilton, William J. Mertens, Wilson K. Pipestem, Swidler & Berlin Chartered, Lloyd B. Miller, Sonosky Chambers Sachse Miller & Munson, Anchorage, AK, for Plaintiff.

Phil Pinnell, Loretta F. Radford, Tulsa, OK, Rollin Anthony Rogers, US Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Washington, DC, Barbara Coen, US Dept of Interior Division of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

ORDER

HOLMES, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on motions by each of the parties with respect to a decision by the Secretary of Interior (the "Secretary") in 1996 to withdraw a letter issued by an official in the Department of Interior (the "Department") in 1979 (the "1979 letter"). The effect of such withdrawal was to re-establish certain dealings between the United States and the Delaware Tribe of Indians. For the reasons set forth...

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