Thompson v. Tonasket

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Nov. 2, 1973.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1973-11-02

Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently January 1978

5 federal appellate · 1 district ·

2 counsel of record

Relies on Johnson v. Lower Elwha Tribal Community of the Lower Elwha Indian Reservation · Laramie v. Nicholson

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1973-11-02

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¶1Kelly Hancock, Omak, Wash., for plaintiff-appellant.

¶2Robert L. Pirtle, Ziontz, Pirtle & Mor-isset, Seattle, Wash., for defendants-ap-pellees.

¶3Before KOELSCH, DUNIWAY and WALLACE, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM:

¶5This case presents the same jurisdictional question as was presented in the case of Laramie v. Nicholson, 9 Cir., 1973, 487 F.2d 315. As in that case, the trial judge held that he had no jurisdiction and dismissed the action. The judgment is reversed on the authority of Laramie v. Nicholson, supra,and of Johnson v. The Lower Elwha Tribal Community, 9 Cir., 1973, 484 F.2d 200.

¶6 *317As in the Laramie ease, we express no opinion on the merits of the case because the trial court did not reach that question. The judgment is reversed and the case is remanded for further proceedings.