EAGLE BEAR, INC. v. INDEPENDENCE BANK

CV-22-93-GF-BMM.

705 F.Supp.3d 1141 (2023)

EAGLE BEAR, INC., Plaintiff, v. INDEPENDENCE BANK, Intervenor Plaintiff, v. The Blackfeet Indian Nation, and Darryl LaCounte, Director of The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Great Falls Division.

Signed December 8, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil G. Westesen, Griffin B. Stevens, Uriah J. Price, Crowley Fleck, PLLP, Bozeman, MT, for Plaintiff.

Charles E. Hansberry, Jenny M. Jourdonnais, Hansberry & Jourdonnais, PLLC, Missoula, MT, for Intervenor Plaintiff.

Joseph J. McKay, Attorney at Law, Browning, MT, Derek Edwin Kline, Blackfeet Tribe, Browning, MT, Evan M.T. Thompson, Browning Kaleczyc Berry & Hoven, Helena, MT, for Defendant Blackfeet Indian Nation.

John M. Newman, DOJ-USAO, Missoula, MT, Lynsey Ross, United States Attorney's Office, Billings, MT, for Defendant Bureau of Indian Affairs.


ORDER

INTRODUCTION

The Blackfeet Indian Nation, a federally recognized tribe, leased Indian trust land to a non-tribal-member business, Eagle Bear, Inc., ("Eagle Bear"), to operate a campground near the boundary of Glacier National Park. The non-tribal member negotiated the lease with the U...

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