United States Ninth Circuit
CABAZON BAND OF MISSION INDIANS v. SMITH, 02-56943
Defendant-County is precluded by federal Indian law from prohibiting plaintiff-Indian Tribe's use and display of emergency light bars on its police vehicles when those vehicles are traveling on public roads in performance of the tribal officers' law enforcement functions.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/03/2003
- Decided 11/03/2004
- Published 11/03/2004
Judges
- PREGERSON, Circuit Judge., Before: PREGERSON, COWEN, and WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Glenn M. Feldman, Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Michael A. Bell, Bell, Orrock & Watase, Los Angeles, CA, and Timothy T. Coates, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.