Central Union Trust Co. of New York v. Martin

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• holding that, if the tribe possesses sovereign immunity, then the district court has no jurisdiction, and determinations of jurisdiction are subject to de novo review
• stating that purported waivers of tribal sovereign immunity are “strictly construed in favor of the tribe”
• finding that a tribe had waived sovereign immunity without considering exhaustion
• writing, “Sovereign immunity is a jurisdictional question,” and citing Puyallup Tribe, Inc. v. Wash. Game Dep’t, 433 U.S. 165, 172 (1977)
• \'nothing short of an express and unequivocal waiver can defeat the -4- sovereign immunity of an Indian nation'\
• “ ‘nothing short of an express and unequivocal waiver can defeat the sovereign immunity of an Indian nation’”

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