United States Ninth Circuit

Condemnation proceedings in 1921 were without effect and conveyed no interest to a city, where a state superior court lacked jurisdiction to condemn five Indian allotments in which the U.S. continued to hold a valid property interest.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/16/2001
• Decided 06/04/2003
• Published 06/04/2003

Judges

• Before:  FERGUSON, KLEINFELD, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth G. Kieffer and Timothy L. Ashcraft, Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, PLLC, Tacoma, WA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John H. Stahr, Appellate Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, WA, D.C., for the appellee.