Legal Opinion
Peter J. St. Marks v. The Chippewa-Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy Reservation, Montana
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 18, 1976No. 75-2298PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
The judgment from which St. Marks appeals is vacated, and the action is remanded to the district court for further proceedings.
St. Marks filed this action challenging the physical residency requirement of section 2, Article IY, of the tribe’s constitution and bylaws. He also sought to set aside the election in which he had been barred from running for tribal judge.
In entering its order dismissing the action on the ground that St. Marks had not exhausted his available tribal judicial remedies, the district court gave no effect to the intervening order of the tribal court dismissing plaintiff’s…
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