Legal Opinion
James R. Smith v. Salish Kootenai College Court of Appeals of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 10, 2006No. 03-35306PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYBEE, Circuit Judge.
The question presented in this case is whether a non-Indian plaintiff consents to the civil jurisdiction of a tribal court by filing claims against an Indian defendant arising out of activities within the reservation where the defendant is located. Appellant James Smith, who is not a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (“the Tribes”) of the Flathead Reservation, filed a claim in tribal court against Salish and Kootenai College (“SKC”) arising out of an automobile accident. After a jury returned a verdict in *1129favor of SKC, Smith sought, an injunction in…
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