WEATHERWAX ON BEHALF OF CARLSON v. FAIRBANKS

No. CV-85-159-GF.

619 F.Supp. 294 (1985)

Kenneth and Theodora WEATHERWAX; and on Behalf of Minor Child, Austin CARLSON, Plaintiffs, v. Michael FAIRBANKS, individually and as BIA Superintendent; Richard Whitesell, individually and as BIA Area Director; United States Department of Interior; Blackfeet Tribe; Melvin Rutherford; Orville Goss; Katherine Sloss, individually and as Blackfeet Appeals Court Judges; Louise Burke, individually and as Blackfeet Trial Court Judge; Glen Little Bird, individually and as BIA Police Supervisor; Mike Connelly, individually and an BIA Police Officer; and John Doe, BIA Police Agent, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Great Falls Division.

July 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vance Gillette, Browning, Mont., for plaintiffs.

Philip E. Roy, Gen. Counsel, Blackfeet Legal Dept., Browning, Mont., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HATFIELD, District Judge.

The plaintiffs bring this action in an effort to challenge a judgment of the Tribal Court of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation which determined certain visitation rights in a child custody case. Invoking jurisdiction under the Indian Civil Rights Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 1301 et seq., in conjunction with 28 U.S.C. § 1331, the plaintiffs request this court to grant them relief from the judgment...

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