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Litigation

Jan. 20, 2012

Court rejects tribe's claim to Tejon Ranch

A federal court threw out a case Wednesday where a group of American Indians claimed rights to a vast ranch north of Los Angeles that could have stymied a major housing development in the works.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A federal court threw out a case Wednesday where a group of American Indians claimed rights to a vast ranch north of Los Angeles that could have stymied a major housing development in the works.

The Kawaiisu Tribe of Tejon, which is not a federally recognized tribe, sued the federal Interior Department and the developers of a the proposed Tejon Mountain Village, arguing they have aboriginal and treaty rights to at least part ...

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