Legal Opinion
Leo Williams v. William P. Clark, Secretary of the Interior, United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1984No. 83-4229PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Leo Williams, a member of the Quileute Tribe of Indians, appeals the district court’s affirmance of a decision by the Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA). The IBIA decision reversed the Administrative Law Judge’s (AU) ruling that Williams is an eligible devisee of land on the Quinault Indian Reservation. We reverse the district court’s decision and reinstate the AU’s decision ordering distribution of the Quinault Reservation land under the will of Williams’s deceased cousin, Joseph Willessi.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Joseph Willessi, a member of the Quileute…
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