Quileute Indian Tribe v. Babbitt

18 F.3d 1456 28 Fed.R.Serv.3d 724 QUILEUTE INDIAN TRIBE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bruce BABBITT, in his capacity as Secretary of the Interior; United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Interior Board of Indian Appeals; United States of America; Quinault Indian Nation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-36833. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 4, 1994. Decided March 16, 1994. Lori Salzarulo, Susan L. Coskey, and Kerry E. Radcliffe, Garvey, Schubert & Barer, Seattle, WA, for appellant. Richard Reich and Eric J. Nielsen, Taholah, WA, for appellee Quinault Indian Nation. Jonathan F. Klein, John A. Bryson, and Andrea Nervi Ward, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for the federal appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before: REAVLEY * , SKOPIL, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. SKOPIL, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an action by the Quileute Indian Tribe against the United States and the Quinault Indian Nation, seeking to overturn the Department of Interior's decision that certain fractional property interests within the Quinault Reservation escheat to the Quinault Indian Nation…