Legal Opinion
Cherokee Nation Registrar v. Nash
Cherokee Nation Supreme Court
Decided August 22, 2011No. SC-2011-02Published
1Opinion of the Court
DARELL R. MATLOCK, JR., Chief Justice.
Standard of Review
The Court reviewed “de novo” the issues of (1) of the right of the Cherokee people to define tribal citizenship and, (2) the interpretation of the language of the 2007 amendment to the Cherokee Nation Constitution which sets forth the requirements of citizenship in the Cherokee Nation. Cherokee Nation v. O’Leary SC-2006-13 & 14.
OPINION
ANATOMY OF LITIGATION
On April 17, 2007, the Cherokee Nation Registrar, pursuant to Article IV of the Cherokee Nation Constitution, filed the timely letters of appeal concerning the removal of the appellees’…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Alberto Kreimerman v. Casa Veerkamp, S.A. De C.V.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Angel John ZabanehCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Allen v. Cherokee Nation Tribal CouncilCherokee Nation Judicial Appeals Tribunal · 2006