Legal Opinion
Lee Motah and Horace Noyabad v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 30, 1968No. 9769_1PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID T. LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is taken from a final order of the District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma dismissing the plaintiffs-appellants’ complaint and action for lack of jurisdiction.
Plaintiffs are members of the Comanche Tribe of Indians residing in Oklahoma. According to their complaint, a tribal election was held on November 19, 1966, to determine whether the Comanche Tribe should have a constitution separate and apart from the Kiowa and Apache Tribes in Oklahoma. The election was conducted by the Area Director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs pursuant to 25…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Prairie Band of Pottawatomie Tribe of Indians v. PuckkeeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- Chournos v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
- Martinez v. Southern Ute Tribe of Southern Ute ReservationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
- Native American Church of North America v. Navajo Tribal CouncilCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by46 opinions
- State of Washington v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Norman M. Littell v. Rogers C. B. Morton, the Secretary of the Interior of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Victor Fontenelle v. Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- 7 Fair empl.prac.cas. 643, 7 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9292 Phyllis Schlafly v. John A. Volpe, Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- Harjo v. KleppeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1976
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