Legal Opinion
Martinez v. Santa Clara Pueblo
District Court, D. New Mexico
Decided June 25, 1975No. Civ. 9717PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION ON JURISDICTION
Plaintiffs, Julia Martinez and her daughter, Audrey Martinez, bring this suit, each individually and as the representative of a class, against the Santa Clara Pueblo and Governor Lucario Padilla, individually and in his capacity as governor of the Pueblo. 1 Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that a portion of a tribal ordinance which denies Pueblo membership to the children of women (but not men) who marry nonmembers of the Pueblo violates 25 U.S. C. § 1302(8). This statute prohibits a tribal government in the exercise of its power of self-government from…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- United States v. MazurieSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Williams v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Poodry v. Tonawanda Band of Seneca IndiansCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Sundance Mechanical & Utility Corp. v. AtlasNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1990
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Two Hawk v. Rosebud Sioux TribeDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1975
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