Federal Court Rejects Tribal Court Exhaustion in Death Benefit Action

Here are the materials in Texas Life Insurance Company v. Raper (W.D. Okla.):

1-7 Tribal Court Petition

14 Raper Motion to Dismiss

16 Response

18 DCT Order

Can’t be sure because I only skimmed it, but it looks apparent the court ignored the tribal court exhaustion doctrine and proceeded directly to the jurisdictional analysis.