The 40 page opinion is available here:
Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle
Additional materials regarding the case can be found at here.
The 40 page opinion is available here:
Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle
Additional materials regarding the case can be found at here.
We’ll post the opinion as soon as it’s available.
From SCOTUS blog:
The Court has released the opinion in Plains Commerce v. Long Family Land and Cattle (07-411), on whether Indian tribal courts have authority to decide civil lawsuits involving business dealings between companies owned by members of the tribe and banks that own land on a reservation, but are not themselves owned by a tribal member. The ruling below, which found for the tribal members, is reversed.
Chief Justice Roberts wrote the opinion. Justice Ginsburg dissented, joined by Justices Stevens, Souter and Breyer. We will provide a link to the decision as soon as it is available.