Legal Opinion
Nanomantube v. Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 31, 2011No. 09-3347PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
In this case we are called upon to decide whether an Indian tribe’s agreement to comply with the provisions of Title VII effects a waiver of the tribe’s sovereign immunity from suit.
Robert Nanomantube filed this employment discrimination action against his former employer, the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, as well as the Tribe’s governing body and the unincorporated tribal casino at which Mr. Nanomantube had served as the acting general manager. The district court dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction based on tribal sovereign immunity, and this appeal followed. We…
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