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CORPORATION OF THE PRESIDING BISHOP v. HODEL

Civ. A. No. 85-1894.

637 F.Supp. 1398 (1986)

CORPORATION OF THE PRESIDING BISHOP OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, Plaintiff, v. Hon. Donald P. HODEL, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilford Kirton, Jr., Salt Lake City, Utah, pro hac vice, and Marcus Faust, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff and proposed intervenors.

Harold Iselin, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

Marcus Sisk, Washington, D.C., and L. Su'esu'e Lutu, Atty. Gen. of American Samoa, for intervenor American Samoa Government.

MEMORANDUM

GASCH, Senior District Judge.

This case involves the Mormon Church, title to land that has been in dispute since the turn of the century, and the Fa'a Samoa — the Samoan way of thinking and doing. The land, known as "Malaeimi," is located in the territory of American Samoa. Most recently, plaintiff Corporation for the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ("the Church") was deprived of its interest in Malaeimi...

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