# Middlemist v. Babbitt

> Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · April 6, 1994 · 19 F.3d 1318

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## Case

- **Full name:** Ross Middlemist, Wayne W. Maughan, Flathead Joint Board of Control v. Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Portland Area, Stanley M. Speaks Members of the Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Michael Pablo, Sonny Morigeau, Louis Adams, Hank Baylor
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- **Decided:** April 6, 1994
- **Citations:** 19 F.3d 1318; 94 Daily Journal DAR 4602; 94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2415; 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 6462
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

19 F.3d 1318
Ross MIDDLEMIST, Wayne W. Maughan, Flathead Joint Board of
Control, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Secretary of the Interior, Bruce BABBITT; Director of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Portland Area, Stanley M. Speaks;
Members of the Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes, Michael Pablo, Sonny Morigeau, Louis Adams,
Hank Baylor, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 93-35315.
United States Court of Appeals,
Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted March 7, 1994.
Decided April 6, 1994.
Jon Metropoulos, Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, Helena, MT, for plaintiffs-appellants.
John B. Carter, Tribal Legal Dept., Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Pablo, MT, Peter R. Steenland, Jr. and Ellen J. Durkee, Environment & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.
Harley R. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Helena, MT, for amicus.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana; Charles C. Lovell, District Judge, Presiding.
Before: HUG, HALL, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.
ORDER
1
We affirm the district court on the basis of its well-reasoned published opinion, Middlemist v. Secretary of United States Department of Interior, 824 F.Supp. 940 (D.Mont.1993).
2
AFFIRMED.

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