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CROWE v. EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS, INC.

No. BC-C-77-136.

442 F.Supp. 334 (1977)

Berdina CROWE, Ernestine Walkingstick, Nancy Rose Long, John C. Standingdeer, Sr., Pauline Thompson Gutierrez, Ella Jackson, Helen Jacobs, Geraldine Sarah Thompson, Robert S. Youngdeer, Ruth Taylor and Richard (Geet) Crowe, on behalf of themselves and all other eligible enrolled voters of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. North Carolina, Bryson City Division.

December 2, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley F. Talman, Jr., Asheville, N. C., for plaintiffs.

Ben O. Bridgers, Holt, Haire & Bridgers, P. A., Sylva, N. C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

JONES, Chief Judge.

The Plaintiffs, as enrolled members and voters of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, bring this action contending that the Tribal Council permitted irregularities in the Tribal Voting Rules and Regulations during the September 1, 1977 Tribal Election and thereby violated their equal protection and due process rights guaranteed to them by the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, 25 U.S.C.A. 1302(8). They seek to invoke...

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