Case Name: 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
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1994-04-06
Citations: 19 F.3d 1318
Docket Number: No. 93-35315
Parties: 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.
Judges: Before: HUG, HALL, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 19
Pages: 1318–1318

Head Matter:
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.
Before: HUG, HALL, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
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.