State of Alaska v. Babbitt

41 F.3d 1513 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. STATE OF ALASKA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bruce BABBITT, Secretary of the Interior; United States of America; Elizabeth Simmonds, on behalf of Levi Simmonds, a minor; Diane May Williams Kochendorfer, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-35130. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 31, 1994. * Decided Nov. 7, 1994. Before: WRIGHT, BEEZER and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. ORDER 1 This court requested the parties to submit supplemental briefs regarding the effect on this appeal of this court's decision in Alaska v. Babbitt (Albert Allotment), No. 93-35684, slip op. 12437 (9th Cir. Oct. 11, 1994). 2 The court has considered the briefs, record and supplemental briefs and concludes that this appeal cannot be distinguished from the decision in Alaska v. Babbitt (Albert Allotment), No. 93-35684, slip op. 12437 (9th Cir. Oct. 11, 1994). The government is immune from suit under the Quiet Title Act. 1 3…