Loring v. United States

610 F.2d 649 Ramona LORING and Lester Loring, wife and husband, for and on behalf of themselves and approximately 200 other members of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America and the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, Defendants-Appellees. No. 77-2985. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Dec. 17, 1979. Rehearing Denied Jan. 17, 1980. Wayne C. Arnett, Patten, Montague & Arnett, Tempe, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants. Clifford Sherr, Asst. City Atty., Scottsdale, Ariz., argued for defendants-appellees; James W. Moorman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Richard Filler, City Atty., Scottsdale, Ariz., on brief. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before MERRILL and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, * District Judge. MERRILL, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiffs are members of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. They have brought this action alleging in their complaint that they own land along the western boundary of the Salt River Indian Reservation, located in Maricopa County, Arizona; that the United States and the City of Scottsdale, Arizona,…