Toineeta v. Andrus

WOODROW WILSON JONES, Chief Judge.

The Plaintiff, Pearle Toineeta an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians brought this action against certain federal officials and members and officials of the Tribal Council, seeking a writ of mandamus against the federal officials and declaratory and injunctive relief against the Council and its members and officials relative to her possessory rights in tribal lands. She alleges that the Indian Defendants entered into a conspiracy to deprive her and did deprive her of her property without due process of law by assigning a part of her tribal…