Legal Opinion
Williams v. Gover
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 20, 2007No. 04-17482PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge.
This case is controlled by the proposition that an Indian tribe has the power to decide who is a member of the tribe.
Facts
Plaintiffs claim that they are descended from people who wére named as members of the Mooretown Ranchería Indian tribe in either a 1915 census or a 1935 tribal voter list. “Rancherías are numerous small Indian reservations or communities in California, the lands for which were purchased by the Government (with Congressional authorization) for Indian use from time to time in the early years of [the twentieth] century- — a program triggered by an…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Hopland Band of Pomo Indians v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1988
- Roff v. BurneySupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Duncan v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1981
- Smith v. BabbittCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Williams v. GoverCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Rabang v. KellyDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 2018