The Tribal Council authorizes the Northwest Intertribal Court System to select a panel of three judges from the roster of the Northwest Intertribal Court System who meet the eligibility requirements under section 1.03.03 of this code to hear each appeal from a decision of the Community Court. Each panel shall be selected on an as-needed basis.
(Port Gamble S’Klallam Law and Order Code. Res. 84 A 03, 2/14/1984 amended this section to specify eligibility requirements. This section was formerly numbered 1.10.6; amended by Res. 13-A-056, 3/26/2013, to require judges to be law-trained and licensed to practice law, clarify Orders are valid if the council fails to appoint a chief judge, and delegate authority to assign judges while the tribe is a member of NICS.)
No person shall be qualified to sit on a panel of the Court of Appeals in any case in which he or she has a direct interest or wherein any relative by marriage or blood, in the first or second degree, is a party. The trial judge who heard the case appealed shall not sit on the appellate panel.
(Port Gamble S’Klallam Law and Order Code. Res. 84 A 03, 2/14/1984 amended this section to disqualify the trial judge from sitting on the appellate panel in the same case.)