Legal Opinion
Oglala Sioux Tribe v. C & W Enterprises, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 11, 2007No. 06-3480PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
The Oglala Sioux Tribe (the tribe) filed this declaratory judgment action in federal district court. The district court 1 concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction and dismissed the action without prejudice. The tribe appeals from this dismissal. We affirm.
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The tribe’s department of transportation entered into four road contracts with C & W Enterprises (C & W). Three of these contracts contain arbitration clauses. The terms of the fourth contract, the “Base and Blotter Project” contract, require that disputes on that contract be resolved in tribal court. The…
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