Legal Opinion
Ramon Ruiz and Anita Ruiz v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1972No. 25568PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:
Ramon and Anita Ruiz, appellants in this cause, are members of the Papago Tribe of American Indians. They reside with one of their children in Ajo, Arizona, some fifteen miles from the Papago Indian Reservation. The Ruiz home is in a section of Ajo known as the “Indian Village,” where the community is predominantly of Papago origin.
Appellants left the Papago Reservation approximately thirty years ago to seek employment in the copper mines near Ajo, operated by the Phelps-Dodge Company. Ramon Ruiz worked in the copper mines until they were closed by a strike on July 19,…
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