· 6/5/2024
SHEA v. STATE OF FLORIDA
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- holding that tribe had waived its sovereign immunity and could be sued in state court by agreeing to state law and to state court jurisdiction in a standard construction contract provision on choice of law and venue
- holding that tribe had waived its sovereign immunity and could be sued in state court by agreeing to state law and to state court jurisdiction in a standard construction contract provision on choice of law and venue
- \We have previously acknowledged . . . that Indian tribes may waive their right to sovereign immunity and consent to suit in state courts.\ (Emphasis added.)
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