HOUSING AUTHORITY OF KIOWA TRIBE v. WARE

No. 93,295.

10 P.3d 226 (2000)

2000 OK 60

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the KIOWA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA, an agency of the State of Oklahoma; Art Unap, Jr., Chairman, Dorothy Palmer, Vice-Chairman, Sandra Quoetone, Secretary-Treasurer, as Officers of the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. Randall WARE, Richard Kauahquo, Carol Frame, William Tartsah, and Wendell Autaubo, Defendants/Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan H. Young, III, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for Appellees.

L. Elizabeth Brown, R. Brown Wallace, Andrews Davis Legg Bixler Milsten & Price, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Appellants.


HARGRAVE, Vice Chief Justice:

¶ 1 This case involves a dispute between two groups of individuals in the Kiowa Tribe, each claiming to be the rightful commissioners to the Kiowa Housing Authority. The plaintiffs were elected by a vote of the tribe, as has been the procedure since adoption of the Kiowa Constitution, and have refused to vacate their offices until new commissioners are properly elected. The defendants were...

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