In Re Blue Lake Forest Products, Inc.

30 F.3d 1138 24 UCC Rep.Serv.2d 75 In re BLUE LAKE FOREST PRODUCTS, INC., a California corporation, Debtor. The HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE, a federally-recognized Indian Tribe, on its own behalf and as parens patriae for its members, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, LIMITED, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and Blue Lake Forest Products, Inc., a California corporation; Bruce Taylor, Sr., and Susan F. Taylor, Defendants. No. 92-16622. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 9, 1994. Decided July 25, 1994. William H. Walters, Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen, Portland, OR, for defendant-appellant. Thomas P. Schlosser, Pirtle, Morisset, Schlosser & Ayer, Seattle, WA, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: FLETCHER, KOZINSKI and TROTT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 We decide the extent to which federal limitations on the alienation of Indian trust timber supersede the Uniform Commercial Code. 2 * This dispute, which we review following a grant of summary judgment, is over who gets the proceeds from a sale of logs that the…