Moore v. Nelson
Oct 26, 2010OUTCOME: habeas corpus denied
Habeas corpus in civil case in tribal court
Spokane, WA
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OUTCOME: habeas corpus denied
Habeas corpus in civil case in tribal court
OUTCOME: Dismissed suit
Personal injury claim against tribe brought in state court where tribal contract owner had waived immunity only to tribal court; tribe asserted sovereign immunity to state court jurisdiction and that c ... ontractor exclusively liable for safety of its workers
OUTCOME: held federal agency was not required to contract with tribe for off-reservation resource management
authority to administratively contract off-reservation resource management
OUTCOME: state court jurisdiction rejected over tribal personnel dispute
Assertion of state court jurisdiction over personnel dispute in tribal agency
OUTCOME: tribal jurisdiction upheld
assertion of tribal civil jurisdiction over non-Indian for violation of timber harvest plan
OUTCOME: Tribe did not have an interest in divided reservation or its revenues
Tribe asserted a fifth amendment taking claim after congressional division of reservation