Legal Opinion
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. Lewis Tein, P.L.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 9, 2017No. 3D16-2826PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLuck, J.
“There are reasons to doubt the wisdom' of perpetuating the doctrine” of tribal immunity. Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Mfg. Techs., Inc., 523 U.S. 751, 758, 118 S.Ct. 1700, 140 L.Ed.2d 981 (1998). It “can harm those who are unaware that they are dealing with a tribe, who do not know of tribal' immunity, or who have no choice in the matter, as in the case of tort victims.” Id. No one knows this more than Guy Lewis and Michael Tein. The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, according to Lewis and Tein’s complaint, spent five years filing false lawsuits, suborning perjury, and obstructing…
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