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MARTINEZ v. SANTA CLARA PUEBLO

No. 75-1615.

540 F.2d 1039 (1976)

Julia MARTINEZ, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, and Audrey Martinez, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, and Lucario Padilla, Individually and as Governor of the Santa Clara Pueblo, Defendants-Appellees. Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc., et al., Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Collins, Window Rock, Ariz. (Alan R. Taradash and Tim Vollmann, Window Rock, Ariz., on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Marc Prelo, Jr., Albuquerque, N. M. (Richard J. Grodner, Albuquerque, N. M., on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Arthur Lazarus, Jr., Washington, D. C., for Amici Curiae, Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc., and The Seneca Nation of Indians of New York.

Marvin J. Sonosky, Washington, D. C., for Amicus Curiae, Shoshone Indian Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; W. Richard West, Jr., Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Philip R. Ashby, Albuquerque, N. M., for Amicus Curiae, Pueblo of Laguna; Richard Schifter, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before BARRETT and DOYLE, Circuit Judges and STANLEY, District Judge.

DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

This case draws into question the validity of a membership ordinance of the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico. The challenge is by appellants, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated. This appellant class is composed of female members of the Pueblo, who are married to non-members, together with their children. Appellees, on the other hand, are the Pueblo and Lucario Padilla, individually and as governor of the Pueblo. The ordinance...

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