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· 4/27/1987

United States of America Ex Rel. Yvonne Kishell, as of the Estate of Ruth M. Tibbets v. Turtle Mountain Housing Authority, a Public Corporation

Citations

  • 816 F.2d 1273
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 5356

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that a federal court has no jurisdiction to enjoin violations of ICRA or to award damages for a violation of it
  • explaining a federal court does not have jurisdiction to award injunctive relief or damages for violations of the ICRA
  • refusing to exercise jurisdiction under § 1332 over tribal housing authority corporation because it was “formed by the Tribe for the purpose of pursuing functions intimately related to tribal self-government”
  • Turtle Mountain Tribal Court had primary jurisdiction to hear a trespass action involving allotted land

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Judges: Lay, Magill, Hansen

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