(DOWNLOAD) "Wippert v. Blackfeet Tribe" by Supreme Court of Montana # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Wippert v. Blackfeet Tribe
- Author : Supreme Court of Montana
- Release Date : January 01, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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The Wipperts appeal a Glacier County District Court judgment that the Blackfeet Tribe is entitled to enforce a tribal court judgment as a matter of comity, and that the Robertsons are entitled to recover certain cattle pasturage fees from the Wipperts. The Wipperts contend that the Tribe cannot enforce its tribal court judgment by filing a notice of that judgment as a lien in the District Court, and that it cannot be tacitly implied that the Wipperts, as assignors of the right to recover the pasturage fees, guaranteed that their assignee would pay those fees. We agree, and hold that a tribal court judgment can only be enforced in Montana courts by the institution of a special proceeding or action, but that the Tribe is entitled to enforcement of its judgment because the Wipperts themselves instituted an action to determine the validity of the judgment. We remand, however, for further consideration of whether the trial court determined the correct amount remaining unsatisfied on the judgment, and for amendment of the District Court judgment to provide that the Wipperts are not liable to the Robertsons for pasturage fees because the Wipperts assigned their right to those fees to the Robertsons without guaranteeing that the Wipperts would pay them. - Page 302