Federal Court Holds Tribal Court Jurisdiction over Interstate Telecommunications Tariffs Preempted

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Sprint Communications v. Native American Telecom (D. S.D.):

DCT Order Granting Sprint PI

NAT Motion for Stay

Sprint Opposition to Motion for Stay

NAT Reply in Support of Motion to Stay

Sprint Motion for PI

NAT Opposition to Motion for PI

Sprint Reply in Support of Motion for PI

An excerpt:

As in Neztsosie, here Congress has determined that the regulation ofinterstate tariffs is governed exclusively by federal law, and state-law or triballawclaims regarding these interstate tariffs are completely preempted.

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