WIPPERT v. BLACKFEET TRIBE, ETC.

No. 82-22.

654 P.2d 512 (1982)

Verlin F. WIPPERT and Loretta L. Wippert, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. The BLACKFEET TRIBE OF the BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION, et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frisbee, Moore & Stufft, Selden Frisbee argued, Cut Bank, for plaintiff and appellant.

Werner, Nelson & Epstein, James Nelson argued, Cut Bank, Cannon, Parish & Sheehy, Ed Sheehy argued, Helena, for defendants and respondents.


SHEA, Justice.

The Wipperts appeal a Glacier County District Court judgment that the Blackfeet Tribe is entitled to enforce a tribal court judgment as a matter of comity, and that the Robertsons are entitled to recover certain cattle pasturage fees from the Wipperts. The Wipperts contend that the Tribe cannot enforce its tribal court judgment by filing a notice of that judgment as a lien in the District Court, and that it cannot be tacitly implied that the Wipperts...

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