Legal Opinion
Fort Yates Public School District 4 v. Murphy ex rel. C.M.B.
District Court, D. North Dakota
Decided February 4, 2014No. Case No. 1:12-cv-135Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER REMANDING CASE TO TRIBAL COURT AND DISMISSING AS MOOT DEFENDANT JAMIE MURPHY’S MOTION TO DISMISS
RALPH R. ERICKSON, Chief Judge.
I. Introduction and Summary of Holding
Plaintiff Fort Yates Public School District # 4 (hereafter “School District”) filed a Complaint against Jamie Murphy for C.M.B. (a minor) and Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Court seeking declaratory relief in the form of an Order declaring that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Court lacks jurisdiction over public school districts and school district employees acting in their official capacity, and (b) an injunction prohibiting…
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