Wippert v. Blackfeet Tribe of Blackfeet Indian Reservation

Loretta and Verlin Wippert (Wipperts) appeal from an order of the Ninth Judicial District Court, Glacier County, granting the Blackfeet Tribe’s motion to dismiss the Wipperts’ claims, which originally took the form of a declaratory judgment action filed in the District Court in 1977. We affirm.

This is the Wipperts’ third appeal to this Court. After the first appeal, we remanded the case to the District Court for further proceedings. Wippert v. Blackfeet Tribe (1982), 201 Mont. 299, 654 P.2d 512 ('Wippert I)- On remand, the District Court entered judgment for the Tribe and the Wipperts…