Legal Opinion
United States v. Theodore Floyd Burland
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 22, 1971No. 26088PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWNING, Circuit Judge:
Appellant is an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes living on the Flathead reservation in Montana. He traveled to the Fort Peck Indian reservation, also in Montana, and there passed a forged check to a non-Indian. He was tried and convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Montana. He contends that the court lacked jurisdiction both under the applicable statutes and as a matter of constitutional law.
1. Jurisdiction of the court rests upon sections 13, 1152, and 3231 of Title 18, United States Code. Section 3231 vests…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Wilson Gray, Wesley Gray, James L. Frank, and Tully Tsosie v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. BarnhartUnited States Circuit Court · 1884
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3Cited by19 opinions
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