United States Ninth Circuit

Public Law 280, 18 USC 1162(a), which gives several states criminal and civil jurisdiction over reservation Indians, does not allow a state to execute a search warrant on an Indian tribe.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/09/2001
• Decided 01/04/2002
• Published 01/04/2002

Judges

• PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  PREGERSON and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and WEINER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ralph LePera, Bishop, California (argued) and Anna Kimber, San Diego, California (brief), for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• John D. Kirby, Special Legal Counsel, County Counsel's Office, Independence, California, for the defendants-appellees.