BRYAN v. ITASCA COUNTY

No. 44947.

228 N.W.2d 249 (1975)

Russell BRYAN, Individually, and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Appellant. v. ITASCA COUNTY, Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Seck, Leech Lake Reservation Legal Services Project, Cass Lake, for appellant; Thomas L. Smithson, Daniel H. Israel, John E. Echohawk, Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colo., of counsel.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Peter W. Sipkins, Sol. Gen., Dann L. Parsons and Steven G. Thorne, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, William J. Spooner, County Atty., Grand Rapids, for respondent.

Kent P. Tupper, Walker, and Bernard P. Becker, St. Paul, amicus curiae, for Minn. Chippewa Tribe (seeking reversal).

Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacques B. Gelin, Charles E. Biblowit, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae, for United States (seeking reversal).

Considered and decided by the court en banc.


YETKA, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court, holding plaintiff, an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa tribe,1 liable for the payment of personal property taxes on his mobile home.2 We affirm.

Plaintiff is the owner of a certain 1972 Skyline mobile home, in which he resides with his wife and family. The mobile home is located...

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