The Crow Tribe of Indians v. State of Montana Denis Adams, Director, Montana Department of Revenue Big Horn County, Montana Lorraine Hamilton, Treasurer, Big Horn County, Montana, and Westmoreland Resources, Inc. Defendant-Intervenor v. United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee

969 F.2d 848 The CROW TRIBE OF INDIANS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE OF MONTANA; Denis Adams, Director, Montana Department of Revenue; Big Horn County, Montana; Lorraine Hamilton, Treasurer, Big Horn County, Montana, Defendants-Appellants, and Westmoreland Resources, Inc. Defendant-Intervenor, v. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee. No. 91-35682. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 9, 1992. Decided July 23, 1992. Clay R. Smith, Sol., State of Mont., Helena, Mont., John W. Ross, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Billings, Mont., Christine A. Cooke, Big Horn County Atty., Hardin, Mont., for defendants-appellants. Robert S. Pelcyger, Fredericks, Pelcyger & Hester, Boulder, Colo., for plaintiff-appellee. Edward J. Shawaker and Elizabeth Ann Peterson, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-intervenor-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Before: ALARCON, RYMER, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. ORDER 1 The district court certified for interlocutory appeal its denial of appellant's Motion to Dismiss for failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted. This court granted…