American Vantage Companies, Inc. v. Table Mountain Rancheria

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• finding substantially identical contractual waivers by 10 || an Indian tribe failed to grant subject-matter jurisdiction for a breach of contract claim
• “Rather than belonging to state political communities, [tribes] are distinct independent political communities. Tribes also owe no allegiance to a state.”
• “A tribe that elects to incorporate does not automatically waive its tribal sovereign immunity by doing so.”
• “Because ‘Congress possesses plenary power over Indian affairs,’ * * * Indian tribes fall under nearly exclusive federal, rather than state, control.”
• “We therefore reject the contention that a tribe’s waiver of sovereign immunity creates state citizenship for diversity jurisdiction purposes.’’
• “It is a well- established principle of statutory construction that legislative enactments should not be construed to render their provisions mere surplusage.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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