Middlemist v. Babbitt

19 F.3d 1318 Ross MIDDLEMIST, Wayne W. Maughan, Flathead Joint Board of Control, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Secretary of the Interior, Bruce BABBITT; Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Portland Area, Stanley M. Speaks; Members of the Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Michael Pablo, Sonny Morigeau, Louis Adams, Hank Baylor, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-35315. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 7, 1994. Decided April 6, 1994. Jon Metropoulos, Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, Helena, MT, for plaintiffs-appellants. John B. Carter, Tribal Legal Dept., Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Pablo, MT, Peter R. Steenland, Jr. and Ellen J. Durkee, Environment & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Harley R. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Helena, MT, for amicus. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana; Charles C. Lovell, District Judge, Presiding. Before: HUG, HALL, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. ORDER 1 We affirm the district court on the basis of its well-reasoned published opinion, Middlemist v. Secretary of United…