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MONTGOMERY v. U.S.

No. 72-6840.

414 U.S. 935 (1973)

MONTGOMERY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 10, 1973.

Certiorari denied.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, dissenting.

Petitioners are members of the Pit River Indian Nation who, in order to construct Indian-style buildings, felled one ponderosa pine growing on the public lands of the United States, but within the original boundaries of the lands occupied by their ancestors. They were prosecuted under 18 U.S.C. § 1852, which provides in relevant part:

"Whoever cuts . . . timber growing on the public lands of...

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