BRUNETTE v. UNITED STATES

No. 21416.

378 F.2d 18 (1967)

Mylo BRUNETTE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edith Anderson, Pocatello, Idaho, for appellant.

Sylvan A. Jeppesen, U. S. Atty., Jay F. Bates, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boise, Idaho, for appellee.

Before HAMLIN, MERRILL and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.


HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

A dent on the fender of a government automobile that cost only $32.50 to repair can't be much of a dent. Yet, a bump causing such a dent has been parlayed into a federal case in this court.

Mylo Brunette, appellant herein, an Indian residing in the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho, was driving his red pickup truck on a Reservation road when he was flagged down and stopped by two Indian police. One approached the truck stating that...

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