Enterprise Management Consultants, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hodel

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Enterprise Management Consultants, Inc. (EMCI) brought this suit against the Citizen Band Potawatomi Tribe of Oklahoma (Tribe) and officials of the United States Department of Interior. The district court granted the Tribe’s motion to dismiss on the basis of sovereign immunity, but denied the Tribe’s motion for sanctions under Fed.R.Civ.P. 11. The court also concluded that it had no jurisdiction over the suit against the federal officials. See Enterprise Management Consultants, Inc. v. United States, 685 F.Supp. 221 (W.D.Okla.1988). We affirm.

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