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COEUR D'ALENE TRIBE v. HAWKS

No. 17-35755.

933 F.3d 1052 (2019)

COEUR D'ALENE TRIBE, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steve W. HAWKS; Deanne A. Hawks, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 9, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jillian H. Caires (argued) and Peter J. Smith IV , Smith & Malek PLLC, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Plaintiff-Appellant.

Norman M. Semanko (argued), Parsons Behle & Latimer, Boise, Idaho; Matthew J. McGee , Spink Butler LLP, Boise, Idaho; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Richard R. Clifton and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges, and Roger T. Benitez, District Judge.

OPINION

This appeal presents the question of whether the grant of federal question jurisdiction in 28 U.S.C. § 1331 encompasses an action to recognize and enforce a tribal court's award against nonmembers of the tribe. The district court concluded that the action, filed by an Indian tribe seeking to enforce...

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