Source: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/487/315/81993/
Timestamp: 2019-12-07 11:13:37
Document Index: 132712824

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1301', '§ 1343', '§ 1302', '§ 1302', '§ 1343', '§ 1302']

June Karen Laramie et al., Plaintiffs-appellants, v. Narcisse Nicholson, Jr., et al., Defendants-appellees, 487 F.2d 315 (9th Cir. 1973) :: Justia
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June Karen Laramie et al., Plaintiffs-appellants, v. Narcisse Nicholson, Jr., et al., Defendants-appellees, 487 F.2d 315 (9th Cir. 1973)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - 487 F.2d 315 (9th Cir. 1973) Oct. 9, 1973
Plaintiffs claim that violation of the so-called Indian Bill of Rights, 25 U.S.C. §§ 1301-1303, enacted in 1968 (82 Stat. 77), gives rise to a civil action and that 28 U.S.C. § 1343(4) confers jurisdiction on the District Court. We agree. We have recently so held. Johnson v. Lower Elwha Tribal Community, 9 Cir., 1973, 484 F.2d 200 (1973).
In that case, the claim was that the plaintiff had been deprived of due process of law in violation of 25 U.S.C. § 1302(8). In this case, the claim is that the plaintiffs have been deprived of the equal protection of the tribal laws, in violation of the same section. We see no difference in principle that distinguishes our Johnson case from this case.
"It may well be that tribal enrollment practices are now subject to the statuory requirements of equal protection and due process as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 1302(8). See The Indian Bill of Rights and the Constitutional Statute of Tribal Government, 82 Harv. L. Rev. 1343 [1372-73] (1969). However, the existence of such restraint and the extent thereof need not here be decided." 453 F.2d at 281.
We do not consider the merits of the plaintiffs' claim; that is a matter for the district court in the first instance. We only hold that the court did have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(4) and 25 U.S.C. § 1302(8).