Nenana Fuel Co. v. Native Village of Venetie
Alaska Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
I. INTRODUCTION
This appeal comes after the superior court set aside a default judgment against the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government (Tribal Government) and the Native Village of Venetie (Village Corporation). The court determined that the Tribal Government was a sovereign entity and therefore entitled to sovereign immunity. The court found that the Village Corporation was also a sovereign entity, but that it had waived its immunity when it adopted a “sue and be sued” clause in its corporate charter. Judge Greene stayed Nenana Fuel’s action against the Village Corporation,…
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