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Tribal sovereign immunity upheld
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court has upheld the sovereign immunity of the Kiowa tribe. In their ruling on Tuesday, the court overruled a 1995 district court award, in which the Aircraft Equipment Co. had won a judgement against the tribe. Citing US Supreme Court sovereign immunity case law, the Oklahoma court ruled tribal funds could not be garnished to pay the award. Get the Story:
You can obtain the story Tribal immunity upheld (4/12) from the Daily Oklahoman Archives. Relevant Links:
Read the ruling Aircraft Equipment Co. v. Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma 2000 OK 27 (2000). From the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
The district court cited the earlier Supreme Court case Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. 96 US 1037 (1998) Only on Indianz.Com:
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