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GOLD v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF WARM SPRINGS

Civ. 75-1097.

478 F.Supp. 190 (1979)

Patricia GOLD, Jo Ann Moses, Jack Quinn, Elmer Quinn, Nick Kalama, Ruth Beymer, Bernyce K. Courtney, Melvin Wewa Jr., Phyllis M. Ike, Julie Mitchell, Serena Boyd, Venus W. Strong, Fern Begay, Mary Ellen Torres, Caroline Torres, James Walsey Jr., Geraldine Jim, Naomi Winishut, Nola Heath Adams, Cassemera Rhoan, Elizabeth Rhoan, Clifford Courtney, Mavis Shaw, Gloria Keene, Viola Kalama, May Dean Calaia, Rosanna Williams, Ramona Greene, for themselves and in behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF the WARM SPRINGS INDIAN RESERVATION, Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, Forrest J. Gerard, Designated Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

August 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Barrett, Legal Services Corporation of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, Richard Slottee, Northwestern Legal Clinic, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs.

Cleveland Cory, Davies, Biggs, Strayer, Stoel & Boley, Portland, Or., for Confederated Tribes.

Sidney I. Lezak, U.S. Atty., Laury Hennings, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Or., for Cecil D. Andrus and Forrest J. Gerard.

OPINION

SOLOMON, District Judge:

This action arises out of a dispute over a plan to distribute a $1,225,000 judgment the Indian Claims Commission (Commission) awarded to the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation (Confederated Tribes). The proposed judgment provides for distribution among the members of the Confederated Tribes who had not received a prior distribution. The exclusion affects about 321 members.

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