SHORTBULL v. LOOKING ELK

No. 81-1280.

677 F.2d 645 (1982)

Thomas SHORTBULL, Appellant, v. Stanley LOOKING ELK, Elijah Whirlwind Horse, James Mousseau, Ivan Bettelyoun, Marvin Amiottee, Gerald "Jump" Big Crow, Lyman Red Cloud, Delores Whitehead, Edgar High Whiteman, Gilbert Mathews, Dave Brewer, and Jerry Matthews, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramon A. Roubideaux, Rapid City, S. D., for appellant.

Dennis H. Hill, Rapid City, S. D., for appellees.

Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Walter W. Barnett, Harold Levy, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

Before BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


LARSON, Senior District Judge.

Thomas Shortbull brings this appeal challenging the district court's order granting summary judgment against him. We affirm.

The facts are set out fully in the district court's memorandum opinion. See Shortbull v. Looking Elk, et al., 507 F.Supp. 917 (D.S.D.1981). Appellant Thomas Shortbull is a non-enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. A member of the Tribe is

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