Legal Opinion
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 5, 1986No. 85-5733PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BORK, Circuit Judge:
Some 4500 members of the Chippewa tribe live on the Red Lake Reservation located in northwest Minnesota. The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians and three of its members filed this lawsuit against the United States government, seeking compensation under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680 (1982), for property damage arising out of the events of May 19, 1979. In the early morning of that day, a group of dissident tribal members seized several hostages in protest against actions taken by the Chairman of the Red Lake Tribe, Roger Jourdain. The hostages…
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