United States Ninth Circuit

The Flathead Act, Pub. L. 90-402, 82 Stat. 356, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exercise his or her discretion in acting upon tribal requests for land acquisitions within the reservation boundaries.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/06/2003
• Decided 09/15/2003
• Published 09/15/2003

Judges

• Before: BROWNING, ALARCÓN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John B. Carter, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Tribal Legal Department, Pablo, MT, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William W. Mercer, Office of the United States Attorney, Billings, MT, for the defendants-appellees.