Littlejohn v. Smith

OPINION

The Defendants/Appellants, seek review of the trial court’s judgment in favor of PlaintifRAppellee, J. Dewayne Littlejohn. The sole issue before this court is the question of whether the Cherokee Nation has waived sovereign immunity. See Littlejohn v. Smith, 5 Am. Tribal Law 7 (2004). This matter being a question of law, the Court will review the issue de novo.

The district court, relying on Ex Parte Young, 209 U.S. 123, 28 S.Ct. 441, 52 L.Ed. 714 (1908), Wilcoxen v. Byrd, JAT-98-16-B, 1999 WL 33589128 (1999), Vann v. Salazar, 2011 WL 4953030 (D.D.C.2011), Cherokee Nation Constitution…