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· 1/17/1984

Tenneco Oil Company v. The Sac And Fox Tribe Of Indians Of Oklahoma

Citations

  • 725 F.2d 572
  • 79 Oil & Gas Rep. 295
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 26342

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  • “If the sovereign did not have the power to make a law, then the official by necessity acted outside the scope of his authority in enforcing it, making him liable to suit.”

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