Legal Opinion
Russell Means v. Dick Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1975No. 74-1841PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the dismissal of a complaint which grew out of an Indian election dispute in the District of South Dakota. The facts are set out fully in the district court opinion. Means v. Wilson, 383 F.Supp. 378 (D.S.D.1974). Appellants, who were plaintiffs below, are Russell Means, an unsuccessful candidate for president of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council in the February, 1974 election, and a group of his political supporters. They are all enrolled members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe residing on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The appellees are…
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