Havasu Landing Homeowners Ass'n v. Babbitt

74 F.3d 1245 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. HAVASU LANDING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, and HAVASU LAKE BETTERMENT ASSOCIATION, INC.; Needles Lodge; Arthur E. Hickman; Jaqueline D. Hickman; Gordon Benning Saucerman; Hazel D. Saucerman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bruce BABBITT, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-55842. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 17, 1995. Decided Jan. 22, 1996. 1 Before: HALL and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, PRO, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 The plaintiff-appellants in this case are several individuals and organizations who occupy federally owned land adjacent to Lake Havasu in San Bernardino County, California. They brought suit against the defendant-appellees, federal officials who are responsible for administering the lands in question, seeking a declaration that the lands they occupy are public lands not within an Indian Reservation. Appellees contend that the land is held in trust…