Legal Opinion
Aroostook Band of Micmacs v. Ryan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 17, 2007No. 06-1127, 06-1358PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from a lawsuit brought by the Aroostook Band of Micmacs (“Aroostook Band”), an Indian tribe based in northern Maine. The tribe seeks to enjoin proceedings before the Maine Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”), a state agency which acted on discrimination complaints it had received from three of the tribe’s former employees.
The Aroostook Band claims that federal law prevents an agency of the state of Maine from enforcing state employment discrimination laws against the Aroostook Band’s government. The state disagrees and argues that federal law…
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