Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Cobell v. Cobell
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 5, 1974No. Nos. 72-3175, 73-1071PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TRASK, Circuit Judge:
This is a unique child custody struggle involving the conflicting jurisdictional claims of the Montana state courts and the Blackfeet Tribal Court. The controversy comes before us on appeal from the granting of a writ of ha-beas corpus by the federal district court pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 1303.1
Henry and Joan Cobell, the parents of the two minor children who are the subjects of this custody battle, are both enrolled members of the Blackfeet Tribe. In August 1971, Joan Cobell sued for a divorce in the Montana state court and Henry Cobell counterclaimed. A divorce…
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