Legal Opinion
Hoover v. Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 13, 1998No. 87139PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMA WILSON, Justice:
¶ 1 In Hoover v. Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, 909 P.2d 59 (Okla.1995), cert. denied 517 U.S. 1188, 116 S.Ct. 1675, 134 L.Ed.2d 779 (1996) (Hoover I), we rejected the argument of appellant, Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma (the Tribe), that the common law doctrine of tribal sovereign immunity bars the exercise of jurisdiction by the state courts of Oklahoma over an action against the Tribe for damages arising out of an alleged breach of contract. Hoover I followed Lewis v. The Sac and Fox Tribe of Oklahoma Housing Authority,1 896 P.2d 503 (Okla.1994), cert. denied 516 U.S. 975, 116…
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3Cited by11 opinions
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