Legal Opinion
Bruce Johnson v. Gila River Indian Community Lone Butte Industrial Development Corporation, a Corporation Chartered by the Gila River Indian Community
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 22, 1999No. 97-17213PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves the question of whether a litigant must exhaust his appellate remedies in tribal court when the trib: al appellate court has not responded to initial appellate pleadings for an extended period of time. Because the record creates sufficient doubt as to whether the futility exception to the exhaustion doctrine applies, we reverse the district court’s grant of summary judgment and remand for further proceedings.
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The Gila River Indian Community (“the Tribe”) is a federally recognized Indian tribe with its reservation located in Arizona. In 1966, the…
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