United States Ninth Circuit

The Indian Major Crimes Act does not give jurisdiction to the federal government to prosecute for crimes against government entities, thus a delinquency adjudication against a juvenile member of an Indian tribe is vacated, and the information dismissed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/12/2001
• Decided 06/21/2002
• Published 06/21/2002

Judges

• BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge., Before: B. FLETCHER, BRUNETTI, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony R. Gallagher, Federal Defender, and Michael Donahoe, Assistant Federal Defender, Helena, MT, for the defendant-appellant., Sherry Scheel Matteucci, United States Attorney, Klaus P. Richter, Assistant United States Attorney, Billings, MT, for the plaintiff-appellee.