Bernard Bouschor

Former Sault Tribe Appellate Judge Speaks

Matthew L.M. Fletcher3 Comments

From the Soo Evening News:

SAULT STE. MARIE – Local Attorney Michael Winnick explained that his resignation from the Sault Ste. Marie Tribal Court of Appeals came for one reason and one reason alone.

Integrity.

“My name is the only thing I truly own and I do not want it in any way shape or form dirtied by what is taking place on that reservation,” said Winnick. “I owe it to myself, my profession and to any mentor I have ever had who took the time to teach me right from wrong.”

Winnick said recent allegations that he stepped down because he was not named chief judge – a position the Appellate Court took in a 15-page memorandum dispensed at a recent meeting of the Sault Tribe Board of Directors – are simply untrue.

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Bouschor Appeal to Sault Tribal Court Denied

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

NEWS RELEASE

SAULT STE. MARIE
TRIBE OF
CHIPPEWA INDIANS

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Bouschor’s appeal to become candidate denied

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – (March 7) – The Sault Tribe Court of Appeals issued a ruling today denying former tribal chairman Bernard Bouschor’s appeal on the election committee’s ruling that according to a specific tribal law, Mr. Bouschor and other defendants in an ongoing lawsuit are not eligible to be a candidate for elected office until such litigation has been resolved.

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Soo Tribe v. Bouchor et al. Materials

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From the Soo Tribe website:

The trial court’s grant of partial summary judgment in favor of the Tribe is here: Opinion — Feb. 9, 2007

The docket sheet in the Michigan Court of Appeals is here. One appellant brief was filed in September. Meter, Owens, and Borrello are the assigned judges.