Supreme Court Denies Cert in API v. Sac and Fox

As expected, though one never knows with the tribal court jurisdiction cases, the Supreme Court denied cert in API v. Sac and Fox (order list here).

API was a non-Indian-owned business hired by a tribal group (or individual) to enter into a tribal governmental office to retrieve documents and perform other security-related tasks. The tribal court held it had jurisdiction under Montana 2 to adjudicate contract and tort claims relating to that activity. There probably isn’t a better fact pattern for a Montana 2 “political integrity” exception to Montana’s general rule.

2 thoughts on “Supreme Court Denies Cert in API v. Sac and Fox

  1. Dennis January 18, 2011 / 3:16 pm

    That’s awesome! But…it would have been nice to get a Supreme Court affirmation on tribal sovereignty and tribal court jurisdiction over non-Indian corporations. Especially since they have been consistently eroding both of those illegally via their own jurisprudence.

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