Legal Opinion
Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 22, 1980No. Nos. 78-1154, 78-1251PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of two suits, consolidated for trial, brought by appellees against the Jicarilla Apache Tribe and its Tribal Council (the Tribe). Appellees (lessees), who are non-Indians, produce oil and gas from within the Tribe’s reservation pursuant to leases granted them under the auspices of the Secretary of the Interior. After the Tribe enacted an oil and gas severance tax to be measured by production from oil and gas wells within the reservation, lessees sued the Tribe and Secretary of Interior, Cecil Andrus,1 seeking a declaratory judgment and injunction…
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3Cited by58 opinions
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