CITIZEN POTAWATOMI NATION v. NORTON

No. 99-6077.

248 F.3d 993 (2001)

CITIZEN POTAWATOMI NATION, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gale A. NORTON, Secretary of the Interior, William Sinclair, Director of the Office of Self Governance, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Minnis, Michael Minnis & Associates, PC., Oklahoma City, OK (David McCullough with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Arvo Q. Mikkanen, Assistant United States Attorney, Oklahoma City, OK (Patrick M. Ryan, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TACHA, Chief Judge, HOLLOWAY and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.


HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff/appellant Citizen Potawatomi Nation (Citizen Potawatomi), a federally recognized Indian Tribe located in the Western District of Oklahoma, brought this action which the Tribe termed as one for a "mandatory injunction in the nature of mandamus" against federal officials of the United States Department of the Interior challenging their methods for calculating funding the Citizen Potawatomi Nation receives under its tribal self-governance...

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