Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Eagle Seelatsee
District Court, E.D. Washington
Decided August 26, 1965No. Civ. 2021PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs here brought this action by filing a complaint against the Yakima Tribal Council above named and the Chairman thereof. The complaint alleges that plaintiffs are the children and grandchildren of one Joseph Simmons, Sr., who is a member of the Yakima Indian Nation and an enrolled member of the tribe who died May 2, 1960, owning certain interests in Yakima Indian Allotments on the Yakima Indian Reservation in the State of Washington; that they have been denied any interest in the said property of Joseph Simmons, Sr., and denied the right to inherit the same…
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