Legal Opinion
Slattery v. Arapahoe Tribal Council
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 30, 1971No. Nos. 583-70, 584-70PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
The issue here to be resolved is whether the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming has jurisdiction to hear a controversy pertaining to certain tribal enrollment practices of the Arapahoe and Shoshone Tribes, The trial court held it did not have such jurisdiction. Pinnow v. Shoshone Tribal Council, D.C., 314 F.Supp. 1157 (1970). We agree that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to hear the particular controversy sought to be presented to the court.
Whether the trial court had jurisdiction over the subject matter of the two complaints here…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- George Groundhog v. W. W. KeelerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Prairie Band of Pottawatomie Tribe of Indians v. PuckkeeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- Martinez v. Southern Ute Tribe of Southern Ute ReservationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
- Pinnow v. Shoshone Tribal CouncilDistrict Court, D. Wyoming · 1970
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