State ex rel. Old Elk v. District Court ex rel. County of Big Horn

This is a challenge to the jurisdiction of the district court, presented to this Court on a petition for a writ of supervisory control or other appropriate writ. Relator is the defendant in a criminal action in the district court, Big Horn County. Relator is an enrolled member of the Crow Tribe .of Indians and resides within the exterior boundaries of the Crow Indian Reservation. The Crow Tribe of Indians appeared and argued as Amicus Curiae.

On November 27, 1975, at the Hilltop Tavern located approximately one mile west of Hardin, Montana, outside the exterior boundary of the Crow Indian…