Tribal Court Seal Tribal Court Opinions
December 2006
Leech Lake Judicial Code, Title II, Rule 57, provides that the records and proceedings of the court shall be open to the public, except as to matters involving minor children or persons alleged to be incompetent. In order to make decisions easily available to the public, the Court has provided links to the following court decisions.

Case Summaries

CASE NUMBER: CV-04-113 [Read Full Opinion]

TYPE OF CASE: Civil – Complaint for Wrongful Termination and Defamation

PARTIES: Kay Jackson, April Greene and Louella Novak as LLBO Election Board Members, Plaintiffs v. Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Council Members, Sally Morrison, Interim Executive Director & Gary Frazier, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Executive Director, and Burton “Luke” Wilson and Donald “Mick” Finn in their personal and individual capacities, and Molly Miron, reporter and photographer for the Bemidji Pioneer newspaper as an individual and employee of the Bemidji Pioneer

TYPE OF ORDER: Decision and Order

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CASE NUMBER: CV-06-07 [Read Full Opinion]

TYPE OF CASE: Civil – Petition Seeking Declaratory Judgment and Injunction

PARTIES: Lawrence “ Sandy” Gotchie, Dale Greene, and Wallace Storbakken, Plaintiffs v. George Goggleye, Jr., individually and as the politically elected Chairman of the Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee, Defendant.

TYPE OF ORDER: Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law & Declaratory Judgment

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CASE NUMBER: CV-06-11 [Read Full Opinion]

TYPE OF CASE: Civil - Complaint alleging false arrest, false imprisonment, defamation, and deprivation of civil rights

PARTIES: Wallace Storbakken, Plaintiff v. Sgt. Gilbert Mitchell, individually and as an officer of the Leech Lake Tribal Police Department, the Leech Lake Tribal Police Department, and Luke Wilson, Lyman Losh, George Goggleye and Donald Finn, individually and as representatives of the Leech Lake Reservation, Defendants.

TYPE OF ORDER: Decision and Order

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CASE NUMBER: CV-06-22 (Consolidated Case Number) [Read Full Opinion]

TYPE OF CASE: Civil – Complaint for Wrongful Termination and Defamation

PARTIES: Frank Bibeau, Plaintiff v. Burton “Luke” Wilson, District 1 Representative, Lyman Losh, District II Representative, Richard Robinson, Jr., former District II Representative, George Goggleye, Chairman, Donand “Mick” Finn, District III Representative, Individually and as Representatives of the Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee (LLRBC) a/k/a Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Tribal Police Chief Steven Day, Assistant Tribal Police Chief Alvin John Wind, Rodney White and Michael Garbow, Defendants

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Bruce Johnson, Wallace Storbakken, Robert Goggleye, and Andrea Wade, Plaintiffs v. Luke Wilson, Lyman Losh, Richard Robinson, George Goggleye and Donald Finn individually and as representatives of the Leech Lake Reservation, and the Leech Lake Tribal Police, Defendants.

TYPE OF ORDER: Decision and Order