Skokomish Indian Tribe v. General Services Administration

587 F.2d 428 The SKOKOMISH INDIAN TRIBE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, Arthur F. Sampson, Acting Administrator, V. L. Barnes, Chief, Real Property Division, G.S.A. Regional Center, Maurice Lundy, Regional Director of Pacific Northwest Region, United States Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 77-1440. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Dec. 4, 1978. 1 Alexandra Harmon, Shelton, Washington, D.C., for appellant-petitioner. 2 Carl Strass and Peter R. Steenland, Jr., Attys., Washington, D.C., for appellee-respondent. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court For the Western District of Washington. 4 Before KOELSCH and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, * District Judge. JAMESON, District Judge: 5 The Skokomish Indian Tribe brought this action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from the General Services Administration's (GSA) rejection of requests by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to transfer 80 acres of "excess" federal land to the BIA for development of educational and vocational programs to benefit the Tribe. The Department of Agriculture had declared the 80 acres, known as the Hoodsport Administrative…