Hinshaw v. Mahler

28 F.3d 106 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Lynette HINSHAW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gloria S. MAHLER; Kenneth J. Mahler, Individually and as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Christian Devon Mahler, Deceased, Defendants-Appellees, and Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, Intervenor-Appellee. No. 93-35199. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 7, 1994. Decided June 17, 1994. Before: HUG, HALL, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 The issues in this case are whether the Tribal Court of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation has (1) subject matter jurisdiction over Gloria and Ken Mahler's wrongful death and survivorship claims, which arose from an on-reservation automobile accident involving no members of the Confederated Tribes, and (2) personal jurisdiction over Lynette Hinshaw, the tortfeasor, a non-member resident of the reservation. 3 The…