Legal Opinion
Water Wheel Camp Recreational Area, Inc. v. Larance
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 10, 2011No. 09-17349, 09-17357PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
A tribal court system exercised jurisdiction over a non-Indian closely held corporation and its non-Indian owner in an unlawful detainer action for breach of a lease of tribal lands and trespass. It entered judgment in favor of the tribe. We examine the extent of an Indian tribe’s civil authority over non-Indians acting on tribal land within the reservation. We hold that under the circumstances presented here, where there are no sufficient competing state interests at play, Nevada v. Hicks, 533 U.S. 353, 359-60, 121 S.Ct. 2304, 150 L.Ed.2d 398 (2001), the tribe has regulatory…
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