· 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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