HINSHAW v. MAHLER

No. 93-35199.

42 F.3d 1178 (1994)

Lynette HINSHAW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gloria S. MAHLER; Kenneth J. Mahler, Individually and as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Christian Devon Mahler, Deceased, Defendants-Appellees, and Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Memorandum Filed June 17, 1994.

Order and Opinion Decided November 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lon J. Dale and Margaret L. Sanner, Milodragovich, Dale & Dye, Missoula, MT, for plaintiff-appellant.

Edward A. Murphy, Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, Missoula, MT, for defendants-appellees.

Karen J. Atkinson, Tribal Legal Department, Pablo, MT, for intervenor-appellee.

Before: HUG, HALL, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

The memorandum disposition filed June 17, 1994, is redesignated as an authored opinion by Judge Hug.

HUG, Circuit Judge:

The issues in this case are whether the Tribal Court of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation has (1) subject matter jurisdiction over Gloria and Ken Mahler's wrongful death and survivorship claims, which arose from an on-reservation automobile accident involving no members of the Confederated...

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