Legal Opinion
Mark David Oliphant v. Edward Schlie, Chief of Police of the City of Bremerton, Defendant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 24, 1976No. 74-2154PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a question of Indian law which has been unresolved since it first arose almost a century ago: what is the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe over non-Indians who commit crimes while on Indian tribal land within the boundaries of the reservation? See Ex parte Kenyon, C.C.W.D.Ark., 1878, Fed.Cas.No.7720, 14 Fed.Cas. 353. Oliphant was arrested on the Port Madison Indian Reservation in the state of Washington by Suquamish tribal police on August 19, 1973, and charged before the Provisional Court of the Suquamish Indian Tribe with assaulting an officer and…
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