Comanche Nation v. CDST Gaming-I Inc.

Order and Judgment in CDST Gaming v. Comanche Nation

March 5, 2014March 6, 2014Kate Fort1 Comment

Order here.

Accordingly, treating the tribal court papers filed by Comanche Nation and the tribal court papers of the Comanche Nation partially adopted by the Federal Defendants, as motions for summary judgment under Rule 56, Fed. R. Civ. P. (doc. nos. 160 and 161), the motions are GRANTED. Treating the tribal court papers of CDST as a motion for summary judgment (doc. no. 159), the motion is DENIED. Judgment shall issue forthwith.

Briefs here:

CDST Gaming Tribal Court Materials

Comanche Tribal Court Materials

Judgement here.

Previous post here.

Comanche Nation v. CDST Gaming I, LLC, Tribal Jurisdiction

March 12, 2013Kate Fort3 Comments

Opinion here

This Court is asked to determine whether, or not, the 2011 Tribal Court Ordinance of the Comanche Nation confers jurisdiction on the Court of Indian Offenses to hear the case entitled Comanche Nation vs. CDST-Ga~ing I, LLC. The case was filed in 2008, and has been the subject ofan Order by the United States District Court for the Westem District ofOklahoma (Judge Stephen P. Friot) wherein Judge Friot found that the Court oflndian Offenses should determine whether, or not, jurisdiction was appropriate witli the Court of Indian Offenses pursuant to the Ordinance adopted on April2, 2011 , by the Comanche Business Committee entitled Comanche Nation Tribal Court Civil Jurisdiction Ordinance of 2011, Resolution No. 36-11 which was approved by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs by a letter dated June 1O, 2011.