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HOWLETT v. SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES

No. 75-1478.

529 F.2d 233 (1976)

Kevin HOWLETT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF the FLATHEAD RESERVATION, MONTANA et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul B. Smith, of Kimble & Smith, Missoula, Mont., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Victor F. Valgenti, Missoula, Mont., Richard A. Baenen, of Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before BARNES, SNEED and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

BARNES, Senior Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves two plaintiffs, Kevin Howlett and Bernard Clairmont, members of the Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana [herein Tribes] who contend that the refusal of the Tribes to declare them eligible candidates for tribal council membership deprived them of their right to travel and their right to run for office in violation of Section 1302(8) of the Indian Civil Rights Act (25 U...

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