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· 1/7/1993

Houghtaling v. Seminole Tribe of Florida

Citations

  • 611 So. 2d 1235
  • 18 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 44
  • 1993 Fla. LEXIS 4
  • 1993 WL 1333

How courts have described this case

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  • holding Florida courts lack subject matter jurisdiction in suits against the Seminole Tribe unless sovereign immunity has been waived
  • explaining sovereign immunity for Indian tribes dates back to Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515, 557 (1832), overruled on other grounds by Nevada v. Hicks, 533 U.S. 353, 361-62 (2001

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Judges: Overton

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