Legal Opinion
Maxa v. Yakima Petroleum, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided October 10, 1996No. 14382-1-IIIPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchultheis, J.
Larry Maxa, a non-Indian, entered into employment agreements and promissory notes with Yakama Indian Nation corporation Yakima Petroleum, Inc. (Petroleum). Each of these contracts was negotiated outside the Yakama reservation. We are asked whether the Yakima County District Court erred in deferring to the Yakama Nation Tribal Court the initial jurisdictional disposition of Mr. Maxa’s suit on these contracts. We reverse and remand.
In early 1992, Mr. Maxa met with Robert Ramsey, Yakama tribe member and owner of Petroleum, to discuss the creation of a fuel delivery company. Meeting in Boise,…
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