Legal Opinion

Norton v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided July 11, 2017No. 15-4170PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from the death of Todd Murray, a Ute tribal member, following a police pursuit on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (the “Reservation”). Murray’s parents, his estate, and the Ute Indian Tribe (the “Tribal Plaintiffs”) sued the officers involved in Ute Tribal Court (the “Tribal Court”) for wrongful death, trespass, and other torts. The officers then filed suit in federal court against the Tribe, its Business Committee, the Tribal Court, the Acting Chief Judge of the Tribal Court, and the other Tribal Plaintiffs. The district court enjoined the…

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