Sue/Perior Concrete & Paving, Inc. v. Lewiston Glof Course Corporation

The question on this appeal is whether a corporate subsidiary of a corporation owned and controlled by an Indian Tribe, and which exists solely for the economic benefit of the Tribe and its members, is immune from private suit based on the Tribe’s sovereign immunity. I can find no rational legal basis to distinguish between the corporate parent, which is a recognized arm of the Tribe, and its subsidiary. Therefore, I would find the subsidiary is immune from suit.

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The Seneca Nation of Indians (the Nation) is a sovereign Tribe, predating the creation of the United States, with its own…