Pearsall v. Tribal Council

OPINION

DON OWEN COSTELLO, Pro Tom Judge.

At issue is whether Tribal law required the Tribal Council to adopt written resolutions in public meetings to authorize the filing of motions to intervene and to stay in certain ongoing ethics proceedings. This case was tried to the court on remand from the Tribe’s court of appeals1 on plaintiff’s amended complaint seeking declaratory judgment and writ of mandamus. Witnesses testified and were cross examined, and extensive exhibits were received into the record. Having reviewed the evidence, the oral and written arguments, and *117the law, the court finds…