United States Eighth Circuit
Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa v. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 05-2106
Dismissal of an Indian tribe's case for lack of federal jurisdiction is affirmed in a case involving an intratribal election dispute where the district court properly determined it lacked jurisdiction to resolve the dispute.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/03/2006
- Published 03/03/2006
Judges
- WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, LAY, and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eighth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Fred L. Dorr, argued, West Des Moines, IA (Michael D. Mason of Portland, Oregon, on the brief), for appellant., Steven F. Olson, argued, Bloomington, MN (Jeffrey S. Rasmussen of Bloomington, MN, on the brief), for Sac and Fox Tribe.
- For Appellees:
- Elizabeth Ann Peterson, argued, U.S. Department Of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Robert M. Butler, AUSA, Cedar Rapids, IA; and William B. Lazarus and David C. Shilton with USDOJ, Washington, DC., on the brief), for appellees.