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CRAWFORD v. GENUINE PARTS CO., INC.

No. 90-35488.

947 F.2d 1405 (1991)

Jess Wesley CRAWFORD; Diane LaPlante; Rodney Lane, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENUINE PARTS CO., INC.; Echlin, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Marra and Thomas A. Marra, Marra, Wenz, Johnson & Hopkins, Great Falls, Mont., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bert A. Fairclough and Dennis P. Clarke, Smith, Walsh, Clarke & Gregoire, Great Falls, Mont., for defendants-appellees.

Before WALLACE, C.J., and O'SCANNLAIN and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We consider whether federal court deference to Indian tribal courts is required when the assertion of tribal court jurisdiction comes on the eve of trial, years after the action was filed.

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This action arose when an automobile accident occurred on December 20, 1982, on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. Jess Crawford, Diane LaPlante, and Rodney Lane, all members of the Blackfeet Tribe, were in Crawford's Ford...

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