United States ex rel. Chunie v. Ringrose

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1986-04-29

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FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: Plaintiff Chunie, Frances S. Herrera, a Chumash Indian, and plaintiff The Brotherhood of the Tomol, Inc., representing the coastal band of Chumash Indians in its governmental capacity, appeal the district court’s dismissal of their claim for unlawful trespass and conversion of the Santa Barbara Islands and surrounding channel beds. The plaintiffs allege that they were never divested of their aborigin…

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