COEUR D'ALENE TRIBE v. JOHNSON

Docket No. 44478.

405 P.3d 13 (2017)

COEUR D'ALENE TRIBE, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Kenneth JOHNSON and Donna Johnson, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, August 2017 Term.

Filed: November 3, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett, Rock & Fields, Chartered, Boise, for appellants. Norman M. Semanko argued.

Smith & Malek PLLC, Coeur d'Alene, for respondent. Peter John Smith, IV argued.


Kenneth and Donna Johnson appeal the judgment of the district court in Benewah County recognizing a tribal judgment from the Coeur d'Alene Tribal Court (Tribal Court). The Johnsons own land within the Coeur d'Alene Reservation (Reservation) on the banks of the St. Joe River and have a dock and pilings on the river. The Coeur d'Alene Tribe...

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