UNITED STATES v. WALKING CROW

No. 77-1136.

560 F.2d 386 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John WALKING CROW, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Porter, Pierre, S. D., argued and on brief for appellant.

Richard D. Hurd, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), and William F. Clayton, U. S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S. D., on brief, for appellee.

Before BRIGHT and HENLEY, Circuit Judges, and BENSON, Chief District Judge.


HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

This case brings before us again the question that we found "troublesome" in United States v. Kills Plenty, 466 F.2d 240, 243 (8th Cir. 1972), cert. denied, 410 U.S. 916, 93 S.Ct. 971, 35 L.Ed.2d 278 (1973), namely, whether Indian tribal courts and the district courts of the United States derive their adjudicatory powers from the same sovereign. In Kills Plenty the question arose in connection...

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