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UNITED STATES v. BLACKFEET TRIBE OF BLACKFEET IND. RES.

Civ. No. 3197.

364 F.Supp. 192 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. BLACKFEET TRIBE OF the BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Great Falls Division.

October 10, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Gannon, Asst. U.S. Atty., Butte, Mont., for plaintiff.

John P. McDermott, University of Montana, Missoula, Mont., Philip E. Roy, Browning, Mont., for defendants.

OPINION

RUSSELL E. SMITH, Chief Judge.

A statute of the United States prohibits the possession of gambling devices on an Indian reservation.1 Notwithstanding, the Blackfeet Business Council passed a resolution authorizing gambling on the reservation and the licensing of mechanical gambling devices. Thomas Harney, an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, seized four slot machines...

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