Legal Opinion
Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes v. United States ex rel. Norton
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 15, 2003No. 02-35491PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge ALARCÓN; Concurrence by Judge JAMES R. BROWNING.
ALARCÓN, Senior Circuit Judge.
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation (the “Tribes”) appeal from the order granting summary judgment in favor of Secretary of the Interior, Gale Norton (the “Secretary”). The Tribes sought a declaration that, upon the Tribes’ request, the Secretary is required to take certain land in trust for the Tribes or the tribal member to whom the land is sold pursuant to the Act of July 18, 1968, Pub.L. 90-402, 82 Stat. 356 (the “Flathead Act”). We affirm because we…
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