Golman A. Dillon, Jr., Also Known as Bill A. Dillon v. Yankton Sioux Tribe Housing Authority

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• concluding that a housing authority “established by a tribal council pursuant to its powers of self-government” is a tribal agency entitled to tribal sovereign immunity
• holding that sovereign immunity barred federal civil rights suit against a tribal housing authority without mentioning exhaustion
• holding that a tribal housing authority established by tribal council pursuant to its powers of self-government was a tribal agency rather than “a separate corporate entity created by the tribe”
• holding that a tribal housing authority established by tribal council pursuant to its powers of self-government was a tribal agency rather than “a separate corporate entity created by the tribe”
• holding that sovereign immunity barred employment discrimination claims asserted against a tribal housing authority
• sue and be sued clause that merely authorizes an entity to waive sovereign immunity is not self-executing

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