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Optional Public Law 280 State Jurisdiction – Partial and over only one tribe
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation are subject to partial state criminal jurisdiction. See 60 Fed. Reg. 33,318 (1995).
Elsewhere, General Rules of Indian Country Criminal Jurisdiction apply.
Legislation
Mont. Const., Ord 1
Mont. Code Ann. §§ 2-1-302 to 2-1-307 (as of 1963, assuming criminal jurisdiction over Salish/Kootenai Reservation and over any other tribe with consent, though none consented)
60 Fed. Reg. 33,318 (1995) (partially retroceding jurisdiction over Salish/Kootenai Reservation)
Case Law
Balyeat Law, PC v. Pettit, 967 P.2d 398 (Mont. 1998)
State v. Spotted Blanket, 955 P.2d 1347 (Mont. 1998)
In re Marriage of Wellman, 852 P.2d 559 (Mont. 1993)
American States Ins. Co. v. McDougall, 18 Indian L. Rep. 3075 (U.S.D. Mont. 1991)
State v. LaPier, 790 P.2d 983 (Mont. 1990)
Liberty v. Jones, 782 P.2d 369 (Mont. 1989)
State v. Thomas, 760 P.2d 96 (Mont. 1988)
In re Marriage of Limpy, 636 P.2d 266 (Mont. 1981)
Larrivee v. Morigeau, 602 P.2d 563 (Mont. 1979)
Fisher v. District Court of Sixteenth Judicial Dist., 424 U.S. 382 (1976)
Bad Horse v. Bad Horse, 517 P.2d 893 (Mont. 1974)
United States v. Pollmann, 364 F. Supp. 995 (D. Mont. 1973)
State ex rel. Irvine v. District Court of 4th Judicial Dist., 239 P.2d 272 (Mont. 1951)