Legal Opinion
National Farmers Union Insurance Companies, a Utah Corporation, and Lodge Grass School District No. 27 v. Crow Tribe of Indians
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 3, 1984No. 83-3606, 83-3645PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
In May of 1982, Leroy Sage, a minor and an enrolled member of the Crow Indian Tribe, was struck by a motorcycle while in the parking lot of Lodge Grass School District No. 27. The School District is located on land owned by the State of Montana and within the exterior boundaries of the Crow Indian Reservation. Sage and his guardian, Flora Not Afraid, filed a negligence suit against the school district in Crow Tribal Court. Tribal process was served on the chairman of the school board, but the school district failed to answer Sage’s complaint or to appear in tribal…
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Superior Oil Company v. The United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
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