6th Circuit Affirms Validity Of Tribal Court Protection Order Against Outsider

Mealey's (August 28, 2019, 12:02 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — An Indian tribe has the authority under federal law to issue a civil protection order against a nonmember of the tribe, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Aug. 26 in affirming dismissal of an action by a nonmember against a Michigan tribe, the tribe’s Supreme Court and a tribal court judge (Joy Spurr v. Melissa Lopez Pope, et al., No. 18-2174, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 25526)....