Legal Opinion
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe v. U.S. Department of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 27, 2016No. 13-16182PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:
Since at least 2002, several competing factions have vied for leadership authority over the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe. Faced with these competing claims of authority, the Department of Interior (Department) reviewed the electoral history and recognized one of the factions for a limited time until the Tribe could hold a special election to choose new leadership. After the De partment’s decision, the Tribe conducted a special election resulting in new leadership. The Department recognized the election’s result because it concluded that the Tribe conducted the…
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