Jean Turnage was chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court from 1985 until 2000.
March 13, 2023
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March 16, 2023 midnight
Walt McDonald, Jean Turnage and the human history of Public Law 280 on the Flathead Reservation
I remember my first day in District Court. The case involved a tribal youth who had gotten in trouble for something. After the short proceeding, Judge Green pronounced sentence. I thought the case was over but no one left.