Tribal Members Take Battle Over RICO Claims Against Leaders To 9th Circuit

(November 5, 2018, 8:44 AM EST) -- SEATTLE — A Washington federal court wrongly dismissed a suit filed by members of the Nooksack Indian Tribe over tribal leaders’ attempt to disenroll hundreds of members from the tribe because their racketeering claims belong in federal court, not a tribal court, the plaintiff members tell the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in their Oct. 23 opening brief (Margretty Rabang, et al. v. Robert Kelly, Jr., et al., No. 18-35711, 9th Cir.)....