Inter-Tribal Council Of Nevada, Inc. v. Hodel

856 F.2d 1344 49 Ed. Law Rep. 68 INTER-TRIBAL COUNCIL OF NEVADA, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald HODEL, individually and as Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America, and the State of Nevada, Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-1908. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 16, 1988. Decided Sept. 8, 1988. Peter J. Sferrazza, Reno, Nev., for plaintiff-appellant. Myles E. Flint, William A. Maddox, Shirley Smith, U.S. Atty.'s Office, Reno, Nev., Dirk D. Suel, Kathleen P. Dewey, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee Secretary of the Interior. Brian McKay, Brian Chally, Nev., Atty. Gen.'s Office, Carson City, Nev., for defendant-appellee State of Nev. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before ALDISERT * , BEEZER and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. ALDISERT, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal requires us first to decide if the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Inc. ("the Council"), a non-profit corporation composed of twenty-five Nevada Indian tribes, has standing to demand forfeiture of an Indian school complex that was conveyed by the federal government to the State of Nevada by quitclaim…