Legal Opinion
Stock West, Inc. v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 20, 1989No. Nos. 87-4123, 87-4119PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TANG, Circuit Judge:
Stock West, Inc. contracted with two Col-ville tribal entities to construct and later manage a sawmill on the Colville reservation. The tribe claimed that Stock West failed to perform its contractual duties and brought an action in tribal court. Stock West filed a demand for arbitration in tribal court pursuant to terms of the contracts. The tribal court ruled that it had jurisdic*1223tion, and ruled also that since the validity of the arbitration clauses was in doubt, the court would decide the underlying contract dispute rather than have the matter submitted to arbitration. A…
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