Legal Opinion
Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Colombe
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 31, 2016No. 27587PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Justice.
[¶ 1.] An estate appealed from a circuit court’s decision to grant comity to a Rosebud Sioux Tribal Court order. The order pierced a business’s corporate veil and held decedent personally liable for a judgment in favor of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
[¶ 2.] Charles Colombe, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (RST) died on June 9, 2018. His son, Wesley Colombe, filed a petition for informal probate in Todd County, Sixth Judicial Circuit, and was appointed as personal representative of Charles’s estate (the Estate). In February 2014, Wesley provided written notice…
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