Legal Opinion

Martinez v. Southern Ute Tribe

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided September 17, 1962No. 20068PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore

We will refer to plaintiff in error as Mary or plaintiff, and to defendant in error as the Tribe or defendant.

It was alleged in the complaint filed by plaintiff that the Southern Ute Tribe was a recognized tribe of Indians residing within the Southern Ute Reservation in La Plata and Archuleta counties, Colorado; that pursuant to the provisions of 25 U. S. Code 476 said tribe adopted a constitution and by-laws which were ratified September 12, 1936, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior November 4, 1936; that said constitution and by-laws have at all times since adoption remained in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Whyte v. District Court of Montezuma CountySupreme Court of Colorado · 1959

3Cited by36 opinions

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  4. Parker Drilling Co. v. Metlakatla Indian CommunityDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1978
  5. Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, an Organized Tribe of Indians, as Recognized Under and by the Laws of the United States v. State of Oklahoma Ex Rel. David L. Thompson, the Duly Elected District Attorney of Ottawa County, Oklahoma, Bob Sills, the Duly Elected Sheriff of Ottawa County, Oklahoma Jon D. Douthitt, Associate District Judge for the 13th Judicial Administrative District of Oklahoma, Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma, a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Jesse McKibben Chairman of Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma v. State of Oklahoma Ex Rel. David L. Thompson, District Attorney of Ottawa County, Morland T. Barton, Assistant District Attorney of Ottawa County Bob Sills, the Duly Elected Sheriff of Ottawa County, Oklahoma Jon D. Douthitt, Judge of the District Court of Ottawa CountyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989

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