C & B Investments v. Wisconsin Winnebago Health Department
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
1Opinion of the CourtSundby, J.
C & B Investments (C & B) appeals from an order entered July 14, 1993, granting defendants' motion to dismiss C & B's action on contract for lack of jurisdiction because defendants are entitled to sovereign immunity as agencies of the Wisconsin Winnebago Nation. It is undisputed that defendants Wisconsin Winnebago Business Committee (Committee) and Wisconsin Winnebago Tribal Health Board (Health Board) enjoy sovereign immunity from liability. C & B, however, claims that the Committee and the Health Board waived the Nation's sovereign immunity when the Health Board leased C & B's commercial…
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