UTE INDIAN TRIBE OF UINTAH AND OURAY v. LAWRENCE

No. 18-4013.

22 F.4th 892 (2022)

UTE INDIAN TRIBE OF THE UINTAH AND OURAY RESERVATION, a federally recognized Indian Tribe and a federally chartered corporation; Uintah and Ouray Tribal Business Committee; Ute Energy Holdings, a Delaware LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Barry G. LAWRENCE, District Judge, Utah Third Judicial District Court, in his individual and official capacities; Lynn D. Becker, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed January 6, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances C. Bassett and Thomasina Real Bird ( Thomas W. Fredericks and Jeremy J. Patterson , with them on the briefs), Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP, Louisville, Colorado, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

David K. Isom , Isom Law Firm PLLC, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Defendant-Appellee Lynn D. Becker.

Nancy J. Sylvester ( Brent M. Johnson , with her on the brief), Administrative Office of the Courts, Utah District Court, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Defendant-Appellee Judge Barry G. Lawrence.

Before MORITZ, BRISCOE, and EID, Circuit Judges.


This appeal marks the latest chapter in a long-running contract dispute between the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation (the Tribe)1 and Lynn Becker, a non-Indian. The contract concerned Becker's work marketing and developing the Tribe's mineral resources on the Ute reservation...

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