Meherrin Tribe v. North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs

ERVIN, Judge.

Respondent North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs appeals from an order entered by the trial court reversing the Commission’s decision to overturn an order entered by Senior Administrative Law Judge Fred G. Morrison granting summary judgment in favor of Petitioner Meherrin Tribe of North Carolina. The ultimate issue in dispute between the parties is the extent, if any, to which the Commission erred by declining to seat a representative favored by the leadership of the Tribe as the Meherrin representative on the Commission. 1 After careful consideration of the…