WIPPERT v. BLACKFEET TRIBE

No. 92-531.

859 P.2d 420 (1993)

Verlin F. WIPPERT and Loretta L. Wippert, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. The BLACKFEET TRIBE OF the BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided August 25, 1993.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seldon S. Frisbee, Cut Bank, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Jean Bear Crane, Blackfeet Legal Department, Browning, for defendant and respondent.


HARRISON, Justice.

Loretta and Verlin Wippert (Wipperts) appeal from an order of the Ninth Judicial District Court, Glacier County, granting the Blackfeet Tribe's motion to dismiss the Wipperts' claims, which originally took the form of a declaratory judgment action filed in the District Court in 1977. We affirm.

This is the Wipperts' third appeal to this Court. After the first appeal, we remanded the case to the District Court for further proceedings.

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