Kroner v. Oneida Seven Generations Corp.

¶ 1. This case concerns a Brown County Circuit Court's order to transfer to a tribal court a civil suit that was brought against a tribally owned entity by a nonmember of the tribe.1 The question before us is whether the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion when it transferred the action to tribal court.2

*628¶ 2. John Kroner, who is not a member of the Oneida Tribe of Indians, had served as chief executive officer of Oneida Seven Generations Corporation (Seven Generations), a tribally owned real estate and holding company, for approximately seven years before he was terminated from…