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KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY v. RISING

No. 05-2398.

477 F.3d 881 (2007)

KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jay RISING; Harrold Reid; Timothy Blanksvard, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Vernle C. Durocher, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Appellant. Elaine Dierwa Fischhoff, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Vernle C. Durocher, Mary J. Streitz, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, John R. Baker, Baraga, Michigan, Stephen D. Turner, Clark Hill, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant. Elaine Dierwa Fischhoff, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before BOGGS, Chief Judge; MARTIN, Circuit Judge; OLIVER, District Judge.

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community is a federally recognized Indian tribe with approximately 3,300 members, 868 of whom live on the Community's Reservation in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and roughly 500 others who live in neighboring counties. The Community is the successor in interest to the L'Anse and Ontonagon bands of Chippewa Indians. The Community brought this action against Jay Rising, Treasurer of the State...

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