Cert Stage Materials in Lopez v. Quaempts

Here:

Questions presented:

  1. Whether this Court, to allow for more complete state court tort remedies against individual tribal employees, as indicated in Lewis v. Clarke, 137 S. Ct. 1285 (2017), should clarify existing tribal sovereign immunity law to allow tort vic- tims to sue a tribe based on vicarious lia- bility when a tribe ratifies individual tribal employees’ actions giving rise to the state tort claims.
  2. Whether the lower court’s refusal to rec- ognize a tribe’s ratification of tribal em- ployees’ allegedly tortious acts, as an express waiver of sovereign immunity im- permissibly interferes with states’ rights to award remedies to tort victims.

Lower court materials here.

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California COA Affirms Dismissal of State Court Employment Suit against Umatilla

Here is the unpublished opinion in Lopez v. Quaempts:

Opinion

Found just one brief:

Opening Brief

California COA Briefs in Employment Suit against Umatilla

Here are the briefs in Lopez v. Quaempts:

Opening Brief

Response Brief

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