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MARTINEZ v. SANTA CLARA PUEBLO

Civ. No. 9717.

402 F.Supp. 5 (1975)

Julia MARTINEZ, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, and Audrey Martinez, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, and Lucario Padilla, Individually and in his capacity as Governor of the Santa Clara Pueblo. Shoshone Indian Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Amicus Curiae.

United States District Court, D. New Mexico.

June 25, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan R. Taradash, Richard B. Collins, Window Rock, Ariz., for plaintiffs.

Marc Prelo, Albert, Prelo & Berlin, P. A., Albuquerque, N. M., for Santa Clara Pueblo and Paul Tafoya.

Marvin J. Sonosky and Howard L. Sribnick, Washington, D. C., for Amicus Curiae Shoshone Indian Tribe.

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON JURISDICTION

Plaintiffs, Julia Martinez and her daughter, Audrey Martinez, bring this suit, each individually and as the representative of a class, against the Santa Clara Pueblo and Governor Lucario Padilla, individually and in his capacity as governor of the Pueblo.1 Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that a portion of a tribal ordinance which denies Pueblo membership to the children of women (but not men...

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