Legal Opinion

Ralph R. Tom v. William Sutton, Jailor, Whatcom County

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided March 10, 1976No. 75-1551PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Before KOELSCH and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, * District Judge. FRED M. TAYLOR, District Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court, Western District of Washington, dismissing appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus. Appellant, an enrolled member of the Lummi Indian Tribe, entered a plea of guilty to driving a motor vehicle without a valid operator’s license within the boundaries of the Lummi Reservation in violation of the Lummi Law and Order Code. Appellant was sentenced to a ten-day jail sentence by the Lummi Indian Tribal Court and,…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Dye v. State Ex Rel. HaleMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Poodry v. Tonawanda Band of Seneca IndiansCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
  3. United States v. Shawn Tyrone PercyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
  4. Bird v. Glacier Electric Cooperative, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
  5. David Joseph Red Fox v. Marcia Annett Red Fox, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and Irene B. WellsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977

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