STATE OF WIS. v. BAKER

No. 76-C-359.

464 F.Supp. 1377 (1978)

STATE OF WISCONSIN, Plaintiff, v. Odric BAKER, Individually and as Chairman, Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board, Pete Larson, Individually and as Vice Chairman, Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board, Margaret Diamond, Individually and as Secretary-Treasurer, Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board, Charles Diamond, Individually and as a member, Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board, Theresa Williams, Individually and as a member, Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board, Rick St. Germaine, Individually and as a member, Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board, and their agents, employees, and subordinates, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Wisconsin.

September 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Niemisto, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Wis., Madison, Wis., for plaintiff.

Larry B. Leventhal, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants.

Gene M. Potack of Wisconsin Judicare, Inc., Wausau, Wis., for intervenors.


OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES E. DOYLE, District Judge.

This is a civil action for declaratory relief brought by the State of Wisconsin against officers and members of the Tribal Governing Board of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

It was commenced in the Circuit Court for Sawyer County, Wisconsin. Defendants have removed the action to this court, asserting in the petition for removal that the "requested relief constitutes...

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