WHITE EAGLE v. ONE FEATHER

No. 72-1706.

478 F.2d 1311 (1973)

Melvin WHITE EAGLE, Chairman, et al., Appellants, v. Philomene ONE FEATHER et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin J. Sonosky, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Before LAY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The action before us was brought by enrolled members of the Standing Rock Sioux Indian tribes against the Tribal Council and its Chairman, Melvin White Eagle, seeking an order enjoining a general tribal election and requiring reapportionment of the elective districts of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. It was alleged that substantial population variances existed between the districts, that such districts...

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