Legal Opinion
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes v. Namen
District Court, D. Montana
Decided August 14, 1974No. Civ. 2343PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMESON, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation (Tribes) and Harold W. Mitchell, Jr., chairman of the Tribal Council, instituted this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the defendants, James M. Ñamen, Barbara J. Ñamen, A. J. Ñamen, and Kathryn Ñamen, the owners of land located in Poison, Montana on the south half of Flathead Lake, which is a part of the Flathead Indian Reservation. Plaintiffs seek a judgment declaring that “the defendants are in trespass upon plaintiffs’ land to the extent that they maintain and…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Shively v. BowlbySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Lone Wolf v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes v. NamenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Omaha Indian Tribe v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. James Junior FinchCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Cherokee Nation v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1992
- Confederated Salish And Kootenai Tribes Of The Flathead Reservation, Montana v. NamenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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