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· 9/20/2023

ADVANCED PLUMBING COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, INC. v. MEGA PORTLOCK

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  • finding that, where Congress has sought to achieve competing purposes, courts must be \more than usually hesitant to infer from its silence a cause of action\ that will serve one of the legislative purposes but undermine the other
  • providing federal forum to enforce Indian Civil Rights Act interferes with tribal autonomy and self-government
  • finding that, where Congress has sought to achieve competing purposes, courts must be “more than usually hesitant to infer from its silence a cause of action” that will serve one of the legislative purposes but undermine the other
  • as an officer of the tribe, the petitioner was not protected by the tribe’s immunity from suit
  • Congress has plenary power over tribes

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