Lillian N. Preston, for Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Margaret Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Lillian N. Preston v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of United States Department of Health and Human Services, Lillian Preston, for Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Margaret Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services
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734 F.2d 1359 34 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 34,433 Lillian N. PRESTON, for herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Lillian N. PRESTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants-Appellants. Lillian PRESTON, for herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 83-3732, 83-3809 and 83-3844. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 8, 1983. Decided June 7, 1984. William B. Schendel, Daniel L. Callahan, Fairbanks, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellee. Marleigh D. Dover, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court in the District of Alaska (Fairbanks). Before SNEED, NELSON, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 The district court held that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services failed to comply with the Indian Preference Act (section 12 of the…