Legal Opinion
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 16, 1986No. 84-1973PublishedCited by 229 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
Petitioner, Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, sought to sue respondent, Wold Engineering, P. C. (hereafter respondent), in state court for negligence and breach of contract. The North Dakota Supreme Court held that Chapter 27-19 of the North Dakota Century Code (1974) disclaimed the unconditional state court civil jurisdiction North Dakota had previously extended to tribal Indians suing non-Indians in state court. It ruled that under Chapter 27-19, petitioner could not avail itself of state court jurisdiction unless it consented to waive its sovereign immunity and to…
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