Legal Opinion
Wounded Knee Legal Defense/offense Committee v. The Federal Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 7, 1974No. 73-1908PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBSTER, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, the Wounded Knee Legal Defense/Offense Committee (“the Committee”), an organization formed to provide free legal aid to the defendants in the criminal cases which followed the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, by militant American Indians, seeks reversal of an order of the District Court 1 denying an application for a preliminary injunction against the Federal Bureau of Investigation and related individuals.
The problems giving rise to this case began in March, 1973, when the Committee opened an office in a Rapid City, South Dakota, motel. At that…
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