ELR Citation: ELR 20211
No(s). 00-35070 (9th Cir. Jun 4, 2003)

The court holds that a city's condemnation of five allotments of Native American lands in 1920 and the subsequent transfer of those lands to a hydroelectric power project were invalid. Under 25 U.S.C. §357, lands allotted in severalty to Native Americans may be condemned for any public purpose ...