STATE v. CLARK

Nos. 47837-47849.

282 N.W.2d 902 (1979)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Bernard CLARK, Jack Fulstrom, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied October 1, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., C. Paul Faraci, Deputy Atty. Gen., James M. Schoessler, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, John E. Pearson, County Atty., Detroit Lakes, for appellant.

Peterson, Tupper & Smith, and Kent P. Tupper and Peter W. Cannon, Walker, Bernard P. Becker, St. Paul, for respondents.

Aurel L. Ekvall, County Atty., Bagley, David Albert Mustone of Tobin & Covey, Washington, D. C., Tom D. Tobin of Tobin & Covey, Winner, S. D., amicus curiae.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


SCOTT, Justice.

This matter consists of appeals by the State of Minnesota from an order of the Becker County District Court dismissing the prosecutions of thirteen Chippewa Indians for violations of state game and fish laws. We affirm.

The pertinent facts are presented upon stipulation of the parties. Defendants are enrolled members of the White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians.1 Each defendant was arrested for violating a state...

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