Legal Opinion · Concurrence
Cossey v. Cherokee Nation Enterprises, LLC
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 20, 2009No. 105,300Published
1ConcurrenceColbert, J.
1 1 I concur in today's pronouncement that the District Court of the State of Oklahoma is "a court of competent jurisdiction," as that term is used in the gaming compact between the Cherokee Nation and the State of Oklahoma, for the adjudication of a patron's claim against the tribal enterprise for personal injury suffered on the premises of the tribe's casino operated on tribal land. I write separately to articulate the rationale underlying my agreement with that result.
1 2 As a matter of black-letter law, "Indian tribes are immune from lawsuit or court process in both state and federal…
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