Abenaki Nation of Mississquoi v. Hughes, 1367

• Decision Date: 20 April 1993
• Docket Number: D,No. 1367,1367
• Citation: Abenaki Nation of Mississquoi v. Hughes, 990 F.2d 729 (2nd Cir. 1993)
• Parties: The ABENAKI NATION OF MISSISSQUOI; The Abenaki Tribal Council; Dee Brightstar; Dorcus Churchill; Michael Delaney; Blackhorse Phillips; Hilda Robtoy; April St. Francis; David St. Francis; Homer St. Francis; Homer St. Francis; Robert Wells, all on their own behalfs and on behalf of the Abenaki People, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James K. HUGHES, Lt. Colonel, District Engineer of the New England Division of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Department of the Army; William F. Lawless, P.E., Chief, Regulatory Branch, Operations Division, of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Department of the Army; Philip R. Harris, Colonel, Division Engineer of the New England Division of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Department of the Army; Michael P.W. Stone, Secretary of the Army; The Village of Swanton, Vermont; George Lague, Village Manager of the Village of Swanton, Vermont, Defendants-Appellees. ocket 92-6302.
• Court: U.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit

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The ABENAKI NATION OF MISSISSQUOI; The Abenaki Tribal Council; Dee Brightstar; Dorcus Churchill; Michael Delaney; Blackhorse Phillips; Hilda Robtoy; April St Francis; David St. Francis; Homer St. Francis; Homer St Francis; Robert Wells, all on their own behalfs and on behalf of the Abenaki People, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James K. HUGHES, Lt. Colonel, District Engineer of the New England Division of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Department of the Army; William F. Lawless, P.E Chief, Regulatory Branch, Operations Division, of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Department of the Army Philip R. Harris, Colonel, Division Engineer of the New England Division of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Department of the Army; Michael P.W. Stone, Secretary of the Army; The Village of Swanton, Vermont; George Lague, Village Manager of the Village of Swanton, Vermont, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 1367, Docket 92-6302.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Argued April 13, 1993.

Decided April 20, 1993.

Marybeth McCaffrey, Middlebury, VT (James Allan Dumont, Sessions, Keiner, Dumont, Barnes & Everitt, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Stephen C. Walke, Jr., Paterson & Walke, P.C., Montpelier, VT, for defendants-appellees The Village of Swanton, Vermont, and George Lague.

Thomas D. Anderson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Burlington, VT (Charles A. Caruso, U.S. Atty., Helen M. Toor, Chief, Civil Div., Gary Pasternak, Asst. Div. Counsel, Corps of Engineers, of counsel), for defendant-appellee The Army Corps of Engineers.

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