Legal Opinion
McCrary v. Ivanof Bay Village
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 2011No. S-13972PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WINFREE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Michael McCrary sued Ivanof Bay Village (Ivanof Bay) and its president, Edgar Shan-gin, under two contracts, alleging breaches of the implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing. The superior court dismissed the suit based on sovereign immunity. McCrary appeals the sovereign immunity ruling, arguing that even though the United States Department of Interior lists Ivanof Bay as a federally recognized Indian tribe, Ivanof Bay has not been formally designated as a federally recognized tribe. We have previously concluded Alaska Native tribes recognized…
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