Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation et al v. Chouteau County, Montana et al

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Case Number:

4:25-cv-00069

Court:

Montana

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Voting

Judge:

Brian Morris

Firms

  1. December 22, 2025

    Montana Tribe, County Settle Voting Rights Dispute

    A federal court judge has dismissed a challenge to a Montana county's at-large election system following a settlement that will allow tribal citizens to elect a representative of their choice to its board of commissioners through a single-member district election.

  2. September 23, 2025

    Tribe Fights Mont. County's Bid To Delay Voting Rights Case

    An Indigenous tribe is fighting a county's bid to pause its voting rights lawsuit in Montana federal court, arguing that a dilutive map illegally supports an "at large" election system that has resulted in a failure to meet the needs of tribal citizens.

  3. September 15, 2025

    Mont. County Asks To Nix Or Pause Tribe's Voting Rights Suit

    An Indigenous tribe can't sue Chouteau County, Montana, under the Voting Rights Act because the act protects individual rights, not sovereign or collective rights as the tribe asserts in its lawsuit, the county tells a federal court in bids to toss or pause the suit.

  4. August 15, 2025

    Chippewa Cree Sues Montana County Over Native Vote Dilution

    An Indigenous tribe is asking a federal court to block Chouteau County, Montana, from using an at-large election system and implementing three single-member voting districts, arguing the policies are artificially suppressing Native Americans' ability to equally participate in the electoral process.