Legal Opinion
TTEA v. Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1999No. 98-50582PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Today we again take up the long saga of this country’s relationship with Indian country, drawing on a body of law more stable than the conflicting shifts in governmental policy on which it lies — but bearing scars of these shifts in its own ambiguities. TTEA, a Texas corporation, seeks to coun- ■ ter rulings of a tribal court in its dispute with the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian Tribe over a contract. We examine the jurisdiction of the district court and of the tribal court, finding only the latter properly exercised.
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Under its contract with the Tribe,…
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