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THLOPTHLOCCO TRIBAL TOWN v. STIDHAM

No. 13-5006.

762 F.3d 1226 (2014)

THLOPTHLOCCO TRIBAL TOWN, a federally-recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gregory R. STIDHAM, Judge of the District Court of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Richard Lerblance, Chief Justice of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court; Andrew Adams, III, Vice-Chief Justice of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Gregory Bigler, Judge of the District Court of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 3, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Salem , Salem Law Offices, Norman, OK, for Appellant.

W. William Rice , G. William Rice, P.C., Cushing, OK, for Appellees.

Before TYMKOVICH, HOLMES, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.

TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

The Thlopthlocco Tribal Town is a federally recognized Indian tribe in Oklahoma. An election dispute arose about which individuals were properly elected or appointed to govern the Thlopthlocco people. Seeking to resolve that dispute, the Tribal Town filed suit in the tribal court of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and, accordingly, voluntarily submitted to that court's jurisdiction.

The Tribal Town subsequently concluded it did not want...

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