Legal Opinion
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town v. Stidham
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 3, 2014No. 13-5006PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
The Thlopthlocco Tribal Town is a federally recognized Indian tribe in Oklahoma. An election dispute arose about which individuals were properly elected or appointed to govern the Thlopthlocco people. Seeking to resolve that dispute, the Tribal Town filed suit in the tribal court of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and, accordingly, voluntarily submitted to that court’s jurisdiction,
The Tribal Town subsequently concluded it did not want to maintain its suit in tribal court and dismissed its claims. But the defendant in that suit had, by that time, filed cross-claims.…
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