Legal Opinion
Joint Tribal Council of Passamaquoddy Tribe v. Morton
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 23, 1975No. Nos. 75-1171, 75-1172PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a declaratory, judgment entered in the District Court for the District of Maine. 388 F.Supp. 649, 667 (D.Me.1975).
Plaintiffs are, under Maine law, the political representatives of the Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe (“the Tribe”). 22 M.R.S.A. § 4831 (Supp.1975). They brought this action against the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General of the United States after the Secretary refused to initiate a lawsuit against the State of Maine on behalf of the Tribe. Earlier, in a letter to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Cherokee Nation v. State of GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
- United States v. KagamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- DeCoteau v. District County Court for the Tenth Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by49 opinions
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