Legal Opinion
Western Shoshone Business Council ex rel. Western Shoshone Tribe of the Duck Valley Reservation v. Babbitt
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1993No. 92-4062PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, the Western Shoshone Business Council (Council), suing for and on behalf of the Western Shoshone Tribe of the Duck Valley Reservation (Western Shoshones), and the law firm Edwards, McCoy & Kennedy (EM & K), appeal the decision of the district court granting defendant Secretary of the Interior’s motion to dismiss and denying plaintiffs’ motions for leave to file an amended complaint.
In 1989, the Council approved a contract with EM & K for legal services and submitted it to the Acting Area Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for approval, pursuant to…
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