Legal Opinion
Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 2008No. 07-411PublishedCited by 214 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
This case concerns the sale of fee land on a tribal reservation by a non-Indian bank to non-Indian individuals. Following the sale, an Indian couple, customers of the bank who had defaulted on their loans, claimed the bank discriminated against them by offering the land to non-Indians on terms more favorable than those the bank offered to them. The couple sued on that claim in Tribal Court; the bank contested the court’s jurisdiction. The Tribal Court concluded that it had jurisdiction and proceeded to hear the case. It ultimately ruled against the bank and awarded the Indian couple damages…
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