Legal Opinion
Knowlton H. Brown, D/B/A Knowlton H. Brown Construction Co. v. Washoe Housing Authority
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1988No. 86-2527PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Circuit Judge.
The Washoe Housing Authority appeals from the district court’s denial of a motion to dismiss this diversity suit pending consideration by the appropriate tribal forum. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. v. LaPlante, — U.S.-, 107 S.Ct. 971, 94 L.Ed.2d 10 (1987), decided after the district court’s ruling, instructs that the federal courts should not consider a suit arising from activities on tribal land until the plaintiff has exhausted his or her tribal court remedies. We therefore reverse.
The Washoe Tribe is a federally recognized tribe…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- National Farmers Union Insurance v. Crow Tribe of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Iowa Mutual Insurance v. LaPlanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Weeks Construction, Inc. v. Oglala Sioux Housing Authority, United States of America, and Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- United States of America Ex Rel. Yvonne Kishell, as of the Estate of Ruth M. Tibbets v. Turtle Mountain Housing Authority, a Public CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Craig Wellman, D/B/A Craig Wellman Construction v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Altheimer & Gray, a Partnership v. Sioux Manufacturing CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. v. WatchmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company v. Kee Ike Yazzie, Roselyn D. John, Romero Brown, Lewis Calamity, Peter J. Korth, and David C. BruntCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Tillett v. LujanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
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