Pit River Home & Agricultural Cooperative Ass'n v. United States

Opinion by Judge BRUNETTI.

BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

This lawsuit involves a dispute over which group of Indians are the beneficial owners of a certain piece of property. In the late 1930s, the United States purchased property, called the XL Ranch, in trust for the Pit River Indian Tribe in anticipation of its designation as a recognized tribe. In the early 1940s, the United States granted occupancy rights in the XL Ranch under a revokable assignment to the Pit River Home and Agricultural Cooperative Association (the “Association”), a small group of Pit River Indians. The Association…