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· 12/10/1997

Mescalero Apache v. State of New Mexico

Citations

  • 131 F.3d 1379
  • 1997 Colo. J. C.A.R. 3245
  • 39 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1300
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 34495
  • 1997 WL 758842

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that filing a counterclaim while also asserting Eleventh Amendment immunity did not waive sovereign immunity
  • finding, due to tribe’s participation under IGRA, waiver of immunity for limited purpose of determining compliance but not damages

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Judges: Anderson, Henry, Briscoe

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