Legal Opinion
Sarah Pence v. Thomas S. Kleppe, Individually and as Secretary of the Interior of the United States and His Agents, and the United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 23, 1976No. 75--2144PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before DUNIWAY, TRASK and SNEED, Circuit Judges. DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-appellants are Native Alaskans claiming to be eligible for allotments of public lands under the Alaska Native Allotment Act (May 17, 1906, 34 Stat. 197, as amended Aug. 2, 1956, Ch. 891, 70 Stat. 954; 43 U.S.C. §§ 270-1— 270 — 3 (1970), repealed but with a saving clause for applications pending on December 18, 1971, by P.L. 92-203, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 710, 43 U.S.C. § 1617). They claim to represent a class of 8,500 Native Alaskans as defined in the Act, that is, Indians, Aleuts, or Eskimos of full or…
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