Legal Opinion
Vicky Hagen Colin L. Harris v. Sisseton-Wahpeton Community College
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 6, 2000No. 99-2124PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Sisseton-Wahpeton Community College (the College) appeals from a judgment en tered by the district court in favor of Vicki Hagen and Colin L. Harris on their consolidated race discrimination cases. Because we hold that the College was a tribal agency immune from suit, we reverse.
BACKGROUND
In 1979, pursuant to its constitution, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe (the Tribe) chartered the College as a nonprofit corporation to provide post-secondary education to tribal members on the Lake Traverse Reservation. The College’s board of trustees is comprised of one enrolled member…
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