Legal Opinion
Weatherwax on Behalf of Carlson v. Fairbanks
District Court, D. Montana
Decided July 10, 1985No. CV-85-159-GFPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
HATFIELD, District Judge.
The plaintiffs bring this action in an effort to challenge a judgment of the Tribal Court of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation which determined certain visitation rights in a child custody case. Invoking jurisdiction under the Indian Civil Rights Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 1301 et seq., in conjunction with 28 U.S.C. § 1331, the plaintiffs request this court to grant them relief from the judgment of the Tribal Court by way of habeas corpus relief under authority of 25 U.S.C. § 1303. 1
In an obviously confoundable manner, the plaintiffs also request the court…
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3Cited by11 opinions
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