Legal Opinion
Edmonds v. Standcampiano
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 24, 2006No. 04-35449PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.
Rarely does a probate matter find its way into federal court. Here we are presented with a will contest involving a member of an Indian tribe in a Department of the Interior probate proceeding where we must decide whether state or federal law of evidence applies.
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Matilda Covington, a Colville Indian,1 died on July 13, 1999. On July 9, 1999, shortly before her death, Covington executed a will leaving all her Indian trust allotments to her great-grandson, Brandon Austin Francis, a minor.2 Covington’s children predeceased her and she left no property to her three…
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