Legal Opinion
Means v. Wilson
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided September 20, 1974No. CIV 74-5010PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BOGUE, District Judge.
Twenty-eight plaintiffs, American Indians and residents of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, brought this action to set aside the Oglala Sioux Tribal election held on February 7, 1974. The plaintiffs claim that certain alleged election irregularities deprived them of their right to a fundamentally fair election. The plaintiffs further claim that various fraudulent and criminal acts alleged to have been committed by the defendants during the election period violated their right to vote. The plaintiffs’ claims, therefore, can be divided into two…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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3Cited by14 opinions
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