Ross Middlemist, Wayne W. Maughan, Flathead Joint Board Ofcontrol, Plaintiffs-appellants, v. Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt; Director of Thebureau of Indian Affairs, Portland Area, Stanley M. Speaks;members of the Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish Andkootenai Tribes, Michael Pablo, Sonny Morigeau, Louis Adams,hank Baylor, et al., Defendants-appellees, 19 F.3d 1318 (9th Cir. 1994)
Annotate this CaseJon 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
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).
AFFIRMED.
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