In the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit : no. 24306 : Alex Scholder, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated; Pala Band of Mission Indians and Rincon Band of Mission Indians, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, appellants, vs. United States of America; Department of the Interior; Bureau of Indian Affairs; Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior; Robert L. Bennett, Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs; William E. Finale, Director, Sacramento Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs; and Jess T. Town, Field Representative, Riverside, California area field office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, appellees : appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California : reply brief of appellants / George F. Duke, Richard B. Collins, Jr., Lee J. Sclar ... Robert S. Pelcyger, David H. Getches, California Indian Legal Services ... attorneys for appellants Alex Scholder and Rincon Band of Mission Indians; Alexander, Inman & Fine ... attorneys for appellant Pala Band of Mission Indians.

Case summary: Class action suit brought by individual Indians and Indian bands to stop the Secretary of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs from spending Pala Indian Irrigation Project funds for the benefit of a non-Indian owner of land situated within the Indian irrigation district. The C...

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