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JACOBSON v. FOREST COUNTY POTAWATOMI COMMUNITY

No. 74-C-408.

389 F.Supp. 994 (1974)

Virginia JACOBSON, Plaintiff, v. FOREST COUNTY POTAWATOMI COMMUNITY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Wisconsin.

December 27, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlton, Greco, Welcenbach & Stanich by Earl Charlton, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff.

Edwards, Edwards & Bodin by James F. Bodin, Duluth, Minn., for Forest County.

James W. Clute and Philip S. Fuoco, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for Indian Rights.

William J. Mulligan, U. S. Atty. by Joseph P. Stadtmueller, Asst. U. S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for Secretary.

DECISION AND ORDER

MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.

The plaintiff is a member of the Forest County Potowatomi Community. She challenges the constitutionality of those sections of tribal constitution and bylaws which (1) exclude women from holding office in the tribal council; (2) extend the franchise only to those tribe members who are 21 years of age or over; and (3) provide for allegedly inadequate notice of special meetings of the general tribal council...

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