United States Tenth Circuit

Other Indian tribes that contractually agreed with plaintiff Indian tribe to divide federal funds among the tribes are necessary and indispensible parties in suit challenging federal government's calculation of each tribe's share under the agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/25/2001
• Published 04/25/2001

Judges

• HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, Chief Judge, HOLLOWAY and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Minnis,Michael Minnis & Associates, PC., Oklahoma City, OK (David McCullough with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Arvo Q. Mikkanen, Assistant United States Attorney, Oklahoma City, OK (Patrick M. Ryan, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.