COMANCHE INDIAN TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA v. HOVIS

Nos. 94-6166, 94-6167.

53 F.3d 298 (1995)

COMANCHE INDIAN TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard E. HOVIS, individually and as Judge of the District Court of Kiowa County; Kiowa County District Court, of Oklahoma, Defendants, and Rhonda Wahnee, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Salem (Guy Hurst, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, OK, with him on the brief), of Salem Law Offices, Norman, OK, for defendant-appellant.

Glenn M. Feldman of O'Connor, Cavanagh, Phoenix, AZ, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KELLY, BRIGHT and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.


BARRETT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellants (the District Court of Kiowa County, Oklahoma, Judge Richard E. Hovis, and intervenor, Rhonda Wahnee) appeal from the federal district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of the Comanche Indian Tribe of Oklahoma (the Tribe). See Comanche Indian Tribe of Oklahoma v. Hovis, 847 F.Supp. 871 (W.D.Okla.1994).

This case arose out of a jurisdictional dispute between the...

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