Legal Opinion
Emp'rs Mut. Cas. Co. v. Branch
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided April 3, 2019No. CV-18-08110-PCT-DWLPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Dominic W. Lanza, United States District Judge
INTRODUCTION
This case involves an attempt by a tribal court to assert jurisdiction over a party that never set foot within the tribe's reservation, never contracted with any tribal members or organizations, and never expressly directed any activity within the reservation's confines.
Employers Mutual Casualty Company ("EMC") is an Iowa-based insurance company. In 2004, EMC sold commercial general liability policies to Service Station Equipment and Sales, Inc. ("SSES") and Milam Building Associates, Inc. ("Milam"). Neither company has any tribal…
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- National Farmers Union Insurance v. Crow Tribe of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Iowa Mutual Insurance v. LaPlanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Nevada v. HicksSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Farmers Insurance Exchange v. The Portage La Prairie Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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