John P. Moyant v. Regina Petit

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2021 ME 13

Docket: Pen-20-190 Argued: February 11, 2021 Decided: March 23, 2021 Panel: MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HUMPHREY, and HORTON, JJ. JOHN P. MOYANT v. REGINA PETIT et al. JABAR, J. [¶1] John P. Moyant appeals from the judgment dismissing his complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction entered by the Superior Court (Penobscot County, A. Murray, J.). See M.R. Civ. P. 12(b). On appeal, Moyant argues that the court erred in determining that his dispute with Regina Petit and the Passamaquoddy Tribe was an “internal tribal matter.”…