Legal Opinion
Crawford v. Casey Couture
Montana Supreme Court
Decided November 15, 2016No. DA 16-0282PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice McGRATH
¶1 Robert Crawford (Crawford) appeals from an April 20, 2016 District Court order granting a motion to dismiss Crawford’s claims against Flathead Tribal Police Officer Casey Couture (Couture), the Flathead Tribal Police Department, and the Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribal Government. We affirm.
¶2 We restate the issue on appeal as follows:
Issue: Did the District Court err when it dismissed Crawford’s claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction?
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶3 On March 13, 2012, Crawford was pulled over by Couture on the Flathead Reservation. Couture identified each…
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