Legal Opinion

Davis v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided October 22, 1999No. 99-1469PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Per curiam

Gina Davis, a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians (the Band), filed this lawsuit in federal district court 1 against her former employer, the Band, its solicitor general, James Genia, and the Band’s chief of police, R. James Bankey, alleging eight separate causes of action under various federal and state laws.

The district court stayed Davis’s action, pending exhaustion of tribal court remedies. Davis then filed an action in the Band’s Court of Central Jurisdiction (Tribal Court). After a decision by the Tribal Court dismissing all of Davis’s claims, except the claims against…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. National Farmers Union Insurance v. Crow Tribe of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Iowa Mutual Insurance v. LaPlanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Ninigret Development Corp. v. Narragansett Indian Wetuomuck Housing AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
  2. Stifel, Nicholaus & Co. v. Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa IndiansCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
  3. Armstrong v. Mille Lacs County Sheriffs Dept.District Court, D. Minnesota · 2000
  4. Malaterre v. Amerind Risk ManagementDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 2005
  5. AMERIND RISK MANAGEMENT CORP. v. MalaterreDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 2008

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