United States v. County Of Humboldt

615 F.2d 1260 UNITED STATES of America, Hoopa Valley Tribe, Hoopa Valley Housing Authority, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT, a political subdivision of the State of California, Defendant-Appellant, and State of California, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant. Nos. 77-1026, 77-1085. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. April 1, 1980. No appearance for defendant-appellant. Maryann Walsh, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (on brief), and Rodney H. Hamblin, San Francisco, Cal., argued, for Hoopa Valley Tribe. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before DUNIWAY and TANG, Circuit Judges, and von der HEYDT, * District Judge. DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge: 1 In this action, the United States, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, and the Hoopa Valley Housing Authority sought to enjoin the County of Humboldt, California, from enforcing its zoning and building codes against four Indian construction projects on Indian Trust Property within the Hoopa Valley Reservation. The State of California intervened in support of the County. The County, by way of counterclaim, sought to enforce the codes, and also its ordinances No. 945 (Sewage) and No. 896…