CROWE v. EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS, INC.

Nos. 74-1428, 74-1429 and 74-1432.

506 F.2d 1231 (1974)

Nettie S. CROWE, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Appellee. v. EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS, INC., and Eastern Cherokee Tribe of Indians, Defendants, United States of America, Appellant. Nettie S. CROWE, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Appellee, v. EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS, INC., Appellant. Eastern Cherokee Tribe of Indians, and United States of America, Defendants. Nettie S. CROWE, a member of the Eastern Bank of Cherokee Indians, Appellee. v. EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS, INC., et al., Defendants, v. Living HEIRS OF William T. SAUNOOKE, Deceased, Intervenors, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Oshel Bridgers, Sylva, N. C. (Holt & Haire, Sylva, N. C., on brief), for appellants, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Inc., in Nos. 74-1428 and 74-1429.

Charles A. Hobbs, Washington, D. C. (Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, Washington, D. C., and Orville D. Coward, Sylva, N. C., on brief), for appellant Living Heirs of William T. Saunooke in No. 74-1432.

Herbert L. Hyde and Albert L. Sneed, Jr., Asheville, N. C., for appellee in Nos. 74-1428, 74-1429 and 74-1432.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BUTZNER and FIELD, Circuit Judges.


FIELD, Circuit Judge:

This action was instituted by Nettie S. Crowe1 against the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Inc., an Indian Tribe, and the United States of America, alleging that her rights of equal protection and due process under the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, 25 U.S.C.A. § 1301 et seq., (hereinafter "Act"), were violated by the Tribe in assigning part of her lands to another. The questions raised on this appeal are...

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