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STATE v. STONE

Nos. C9-96-1291, C0-96-1292, C2-96-1293, C4-96-1294, C6-96-1295, C8-96-1296, CX-96-1297, C1-96-1298, and C3-96-1299.

572 N.W.2d 725 (1997)

STATE of Minnesota, petitioner, Appellant, v. Joshua Carl STONE, C9-96-1291, Cheryl Florine Graff, C0-96-1292, Kenneth Morgan Coleman, Jr., C2-96-1293, Charles William Zornes, C4-96-1294, Simon Dean Zornes, C6-96-1295, Margaret Mary Myhre, C8-96-1296, Voncille Marie Alvarado, CX-96-1297, Wendy Sue Littlewolf, C1-96-1298, Jamie Lynn Sargent, C3-96-1299, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey III, Atty. Gen., Peter R. Marker, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Eric O. Boe, Mahnomen County Atty., for appellant.

Zenas Baer & Associates, Zenas Baer, Hawley, for respondents Stone, Graff, Coleman, C. Zornes, S. Zornes, Myhre, Alvarado, and Sargent.

Hellerud & Larson, Regina A. Larson, Ada, for respondent Littlewolf.

Jacobson, Buffalo, Schoessler, & Magnuson, Steven G. Thorne, Joseph F. Halloran, Minneapolis, for amicus curiae Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.

BlueDog, Olson & Small, P.L.L.P., Kurt V. BlueDog, Vanya S. Hogen-King, Greg Paulson, Minneapolis, for amicus curiae Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community and Grand Portage Band of Chippewa.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

KEITH, Chief Justice.

This case calls into question the state of Minnesota's jurisdiction to enforce certain traffic and driving-related laws against members of an Indian tribe within the boundaries of the tribe's reservation. The respondents, members of the White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians, were cited for the following violations within the boundaries of the White Earth Reservation: no motor vehicle insurance and no proof of insurance; driving...

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