Legal Opinion
Penobscot Nation v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided July 18, 2000No. CIV.00-101-B-HPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
HORNBY, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff Indian tribes assert federal subject matter jurisdiction in this case on two bases: general federal question jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1331 (West 1993), and the Indian jurisdictional statute added in 1966, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1362 (West 1993). I conclude that neither will support this federal lawsuit.
BACKGROUND
Three paper companies (the defendants) threatened to sue the Penobscot Nation and Passamaquoddy Tribe 1 in state court to compel them to turn over certain documents under the Maine Freedom of Access Act. After the…
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