Legal Opinion
Mary Daly v. United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 23, 1973No. 73-1248PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
This class action was brought on February 22, 1972, by three enrolled members of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe against the Tribe, the incumbent Tribal Council members, the United States of America, the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The plaintiffs complained that the Tribal Council was mal-apportioned and that they, and those they sought to represent, were underrepresented on the Council. They urged that the alleged malapportionment violated the one-man, one-vote principle and, thus, denied to them equal protection of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Mahan v. HowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Abate v. MundtSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- George Groundhog v. W. W. KeelerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by32 opinions
- United States v. Darrell Chip Wadena, United States of America v. Jerry Joseph Rawley, Jr., United States of America v. Rick ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Russell Means v. Dick WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Dry Creek Lodge, Inc., a Wyoming Corporation v. The United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
- Kevin Howlett v. The Salish and Kootenal Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, MontanaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Geraldine Janis v. Dick WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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