Filer v. Tohono O'Odham Nation Gaming Enterprise

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that applying for and obtaining a liquor license was not a waiver of immunity from suit for actions arising under Arizona liquor laws
• affirming dismissal for lack of subject matter 18 jurisdiction because “the doctrine of sovereign immunity applies to divest the Arizona 19 courts of jurisdiction”
• “A Congressional waiver of tribal immunity must be unequivocal and explicit. Section 1161, 18 U.S.C., however, does not even mention tribal immunity, much less waive it for private dram shop actions.” (citations omitted)
• rejecting an argument that a tribe impliedly waived sovereign immunity
• subordinate economic enterprise entitled to same immunity as tribe

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