Legal Opinion
Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 26, 1998No. 96-1037PublishedCited by 363 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
In this commercial suit against an Indian Tribe, the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals rejected the Tribe’s claim of sovereign immunity. Our case law to date often recites the rule of tribal immunity from suit. While these precedents rest on early cases that assumed immunity without extensive reasoning, we adhere to these decisions and reverse the judgment.
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Petitioner Kiowa Tribe is an Indian Tribe recognized by the Federal Government. The Tribe owns, land in Oklahoma, and, in addition, the United States holds land in that State in trust for the Tribe. Though the record is vague about some key…
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