March 01, 2021
A Montana federal judge has ruled that a tribal court had authority to hear a dispute between a Crow Tribe member and the utility company he accused of illegally shutting off his power in the middle of winter.
August 13, 2020
A Montana utility urged a federal judge not to hand a win to a Crow Tribe member and the tribe's court and health board in a jurisdiction dispute, saying the magistrate judge in the case overlooked key details in his July recommendations.
July 22, 2020
A Montana magistrate judge recommended granting a win to a Crow Tribe member and the tribe's court and health board in a jurisdiction dispute, saying a southeast Montana utility should not be able to duck a tribal lawsuit after allegedly cutting off the man's electricity in the middle of winter.
September 26, 2018
A Montana federal judge has rejected a magistrate judge’s recommendation to toss a suit by an electric cooperative seeking to stave off a lawsuit in the tribe’s courts, saying the non-Indian plaintiff can continue its federal court challenge to the tribal court’s decision that it has jurisdiction over a case brought by one of its members.