Legal Opinion
Golman A. Dillon, Jr., Also Known as Bill A. Dillon v. Yankton Sioux Tribe Housing Authority
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 20, 1998No. 97-3107PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Golman Dillon was terminated by the Yankton Sioux Housing Authority (Authority). Claiming that he was fired because he is white, Dillon sued under various civil rights statutes in federal district court. The district court determined that it lacked jurisdiction due to tribal sovereign immunity and granted summary judgment for the Authority. We affirm.
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Dillon worked for the Authority as coordinator of their Comp/Grant Department. He was responsible for, among other things, modernizing Indian housing developments on the Yankton Sioux Reservation. Dillon claims that he was…
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