Legal Opinion
Blue Legs v. United States Bureau of Indian Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 9, 1989No. Nos. 87-5433, 87-5434PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Taylor Wallace Blue Legs and Margaret Jenkins are members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe (Tribe) of Indians and reside on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Reservation). They brought suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the EPA’s Administrator, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the Indian Health Service (IHS) and subsequently joined the Tribe, complaining that garbage dumps located on the Reservation were maintained in violation of federal law. The United States District Court for the District of South Dakota dismissed the EPA and its Administrator. It…
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