Ninth Circuit· 9/12/2005
Lewis v. Norton
Citations
- 424 F.3d 959
- 2005 WL 2209921
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting a “lack of federal court jurisdiction to intervene in tribal membership disputes”
- courts lack subject matter jurisdiction to determine claims barred by tribal sovereign immunity
- courts lack subject matter jurisdiction to determine claims barred by tribal sovereign immunity
- “25 C.F.R. § explicitly states that ‘disputes 4 arising from the allocation of net gaming revenue and the distribution of per capita 5 payments’ are to be resolved through ‘a tribal court system, forum, or administrative 6 process.’”
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Judges: Schroeder, Pregerson, Trott
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