Legal Opinion
Quileute Indian Tribe v. Babbitt
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 16, 1994No. 92-36833PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:
This is an action by the Quileute Indian Tribe against the United States and the Qui-nault Indian Nation, seeking .to overturn the Department of Interior’s decision that certain fractional property interests within the Quinault Reservation escheat to the Quinault Indian Nation rather than to the Quileute Indian Tribe. The district court dismissed the action pursuant to Federal Rule Civil Procedure 19(b), concluding that the Quinault Indian Nation is a necessary and indispensable party. We affirm.
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Peter Alvin Ward, a member of the Makah Indian Tribe, died intestate in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Makah Indian Tribe v. C. William VerityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. OregonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary, Department of Interior Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary, Department of Interior Appeal of Caddo Tribe of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Gilbert McClendon Bernadine F. McClendon Norman McDanel Connie R. McDanel v. United States of America Colorado River Indian Tribal CouncilCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Harold Dawavendewa, a Single Man v. Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, an Arizona Corporation, the Navajo NationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas v. Bruce Babbitt, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- Wilbur v. LockeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Karuk Tribe Housing Authority, OpinionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Yellowstone County, a Political Subdivision of the State of Montana v. Carl PeaseCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
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