Legal Opinion
Cournoyer v. Montana
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 16, 1994No. 18272PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Justice.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY/ISSUES
Led by Stephen N. Cournoyer, Jr., chairman of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, several members of the Tribe’s General Council (collectively designated as Cournoyer), sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) prohibiting Gary Montana (Montana), general legal counsel for the Tribe, from practicing law within the State of South Dakota until such time as he obtains a license to practice law from the State Bar of South Dakota. On February 18, 1993, the Honorable Paul J. Kern, Circuit Court Judge, First Judicial Circuit, granted the TRO restricting Montana’s…
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